Bandh had some impact on the city with a few shops rolling down their shutters only to function as normal behind half-closed doors to protest Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s arrest in a seven-year-old case.
Almost all petrol bunks in the city remained open. Offices too stayed open and commuters faced no trouble with even the autorickshaws plying normally except for Old City.
The bandh is being observed in some other parts of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
However, State-owned road transport corporation (RTC) suspended majority of its bus services while auto-rickshaws were also off the roads.
The usually busy markets around historic Charminar wore a deserted look.
Police and paramilitary forces were deployed in the communally sensitive areas to prevent any untoward incident.
Parts of Hyderabad and several towns in Telangana had also observed a shutdown Monday after Asad Owaisi was sent to jail for 14 days by a court in Sangareddy town of Medak district.
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from different parts of Hyderabad on Monday.
Some unidentified persons attacked a RTC bus in Bahadurpura in the old city on Monday night and tried to set it afire. The bus driver was injured in the incident.
As a precautionary measure, police imposed prohibitory orders in old Hyderabad, Sangareddy and other towns, banning assembly of five or more people.
MIM general secretary Ahmed Pasha Qadri said the party has not called for shutdown but it was people in districts and towns who were voluntarily keeping their shops and business establishments closed to show solidarity with Owaisi.
Police also tightened security in Nirmal town of Adilabad district, where Asad Owaisi’s younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi will be produced before the court in hate speech case. As his 14-day judicial custody is ending Tuesday, the police would produce him before the magistrate.