Within minutes of the fire mishap at the Bazaar Guard area on Monday morning, political leaders made a beeline to the place.
It turned ugly around 12.30 p.m. when workers of the Congress and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen clashed raising slogans against each other. The AIMIM workers led by their Nampally candidate Majid Hussain was already on the spot when the Congress workers and their candidate Feroz Khan reached the place. This led to bout of sloganeering and jostling before police stepped in.
The police officials deputed at the cordoned street cleared the commotion.
IT Minister KT Rama Rao also visited the place along with Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav around 1 p.m. The Ministers enquired about the status of the investigation and announced an ex-gratia of ₹5 lakh to kin of victims, expressing their condolences.
Senior Congress leader and former PCC president V. Hanumantha Rao also visited the place, demanding action against the owner who illegally stored chemicals in a residential area.
