The situation in trouble-hit parts of the old city here, remained peaceful on Monday even as indefinite curfew continued for the second day in the communally sensitive Madannapet and Saidabad areas.
“The situation is totally peaceful and there have been no reports of any untoward incident from any part of the communally sensitive old city during night,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone) Manish Kumar Sinha said on Monday.
A decision on relaxation or lifting of curfew would be taken later in the day after a review of the situation, he said.
Cases against 15 persons were registered in connection with the communal disturbances, he said.
Meanwhile, police has picked up 50-60 persons for questioning since Sunday from different localities after communal violence in the old city, police sources said.
Police continued to keep a strict vigil in the communally sensitive areas and patrolling has been intensified and security has been stepped up around places of worships.
The trouble began on Sunday when two groups belonging to different communities clashed at Kurmaguda, after some “meat pieces” were found near a place of worship in Madannapet resulting in heavy stone-pelting and brick-batting.
With violence spreading to other areas and the situation slipping out of control, the police had clamped curfew under the limits of Madannapet and Saidabad police station.
However, students attending Class X and other examinations have been exempted from the curfew. The police announced that the hall tickets of the students would be treated as curfew passes and each student would be allowed to be escorted by one elder.
All exam centres in the curfew-bound areas are functioning amid tight security.
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The Hyderabad Police and people of Old city need to be given credit
where fundamentalist elements on both sides could have easily taken the
advantage and made whole situation bad to worse. It is responsibility of
community leaders in general and elders in particular should keep an eye
on these trouble makers and keep police and people informed of there
activities so that all Hyderabadis' live in peaceful atmosphere.
Wherever we have Pak sympathisers in India there will not be any peace. Con-gress and its allies are biggest Pak sympathisers. They are slowly making India another Pak with the help of Bangladesh as well. UP has gone and you will see Sharia law being implemented in near future in parts of UP. This party and their allies will slowly turn India into another Pak.
Though I am not an ardent supporter of any political party in Andhra Pradesh, but my honest and unbiased opinion on the state is that, the image of Andhra has taken a beating post Chandra Babu Naidu rule. The glamour of Hyderabad, investments, peaceful life have all eluded the place. And these sort of communal violences and Telangana (bandh) issues have worsened in the last couple of years. May people act sensibly and peace return to the beautiful state.
"Unity In Diversity" somebody said..??
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