Hyderabad: Attempting to offer namaz in this disputed site detained 10 youngsters after City Police took action against the individuals.
The Hyderabad Police took the ten individuals in police custody after they tried to offer prayers at Ek Khana Masjid disputed site on Sunday afternoon, TT reports.
Tensions reportedly escalated in the area when a group of youths from the Jama Masjid Amberpet after offering there prayers came on to the road and started raising slogans marching towards the disputed site.
Taking action against the youths, the Commissioner’s Task Force teams arrested the youngsters and took them to an undisclosed location in the waiting police van.
A call to offer afternoon prayers at the Ek Khana masjid in Amberpet by Darsgah Jihad o Shahadat created tensions in the region with security beefed up.
Activists of the Darsgah Jihad o Shahadat and Wahadat –e-Islami, President Maulana Naseeruddin were taken into custody by the police in the morning.
The police are now monitoring the situation.