Black Day passes off peacefully in Hyderabad
Traders in some parts of the city observed a voluntary shut down and the effect of the voluntary closure was seen at Khilwat, Engine Bowli, Shahalibanda, Pathergatti, Hussainialam, Mallepally, Golconda and Moghalpura areas.
Hyderabad: The anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition passed off peacefully with no untoward incident reported in the city. The police had made elaborate security arrangements in the sensitive areas to prevent any trouble.
Traders in some parts of the city observed a voluntary shut down and the effect of the voluntary closure was seen at Khilwat, Engine Bowli, Shahalibanda, Pathergatti, Hussainialam, Mallepally, Golconda and Moghalpura areas. Vehicles including the TSRTC buses plied as usual on the city roads ferrying passengers to their destinations.
The police on their part made elaborate security arrangements at Saidabad, Madannapet, Tappachabutra, Kulsumpura and Moghalpura. Police pickets were posted at all hyper sensitive and sensitive areas of the city and they were assisted by the armed policemen drawn from various units of Telangana police.
During the day the police took into preventive custody few activists of the Darsgah Jihad o Shahadat (DJS) including its president Abdul Majeed to prevent any protest as reportedly planned by them. A dozen odd policemen were posted at the DJS office at Moghalpura to foil attempts of a rally or protest program.
Senior officials monitored the situation from Charminar police station and the Command & Control center in the Hyderabad Commissioner of Police office. Teams of the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force patrolled the streets to identify and detain potential trouble makers.
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