Violence in Hyderabd after Mim leader killed

Mim Leader Asaduddin Owaisi leading a Rally in violence hit area of Hyderabad
MIM leader's death sparks riots [ 7 Jun, 2003 0206hrs ]


HYDERABAD: Violence erupted in several areas in the city on Friday, a day after a local leader of the Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) died in a clash between people belonging to different communities on Thursday. With rumours doing the rounds that the inspector of the Habeebnagar police station was involved in the MIM leader Mohammed Ghouse’s death, the situation turned volatile on Friday. Shortly after the last rites of Ghouse were performed at a cemetery near the Bhoiguda Kaman, groups of young men began pelting stones in several surrounding areas including Seetharambagh, Asifnagar, Charminar and Moghalpura. forty two-wheelers were set on fire, a cars damaged and petrol poured into a wine shops near Charminar by the violent mob. The wine shop owner, however, put out the fire with the help of local Maithri committee members. At Mallepally, where the trouble began on Thursday, a mob set ablaze vehicles parked outside the local branch of the State Bank of India. Timely intervention by police stopped the mob from entering the bank. Police fired 20 rounds, many of them in the air at Mallepally and Agapura while near Habeebnagar playground they had to fire over the heads of the rioters to disperse them. No one was injured in the firing. Police had to resort to caning rioters at some other places. Central zone DCP C V Anand was reportedly attacked with stones while he was touring the sensitive areas. The three attackers were chased into a place of worship. When the DCP demanded that they come out, the youth emerged and denied the charge that they had attacked him. MIM MLAs Asaduddin Owaisi and Mumtaz Ahmed, who arrived at the spot, demanded that the youngsters be released. Even as the task force police bundled the three men into a jeep, a mim party mobs surrounded the vehicle and forced the police to free the arrested youngsters.