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Shutdown in Hyderabad to protest Asaduddin Owaisi's arrest
Tuesday January 22, 2013 01:51:16 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: A shutdown
is being observed here and in some other parts of Andhra Pradesh
Tuesday to protest Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief and
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's arrest in a seven-year-old case.
Shops, business establishments and educational institutions
remained closed in the old city and other Muslim-majority areas in
Hyderabad.
State-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) suspended majority of
its bus services while auto-rickshaws were also off the roads.
The usually busy markets around historic Charminar wore a deserted
look.
Police and paramilitary forces were deployed in the communally
sensitive areas to prevent any untoward incident.
Parts of Hyderabad and several towns in Telangana had also
observed a shutdown Monday after Asad Owaisi was sent to jail for
14 days by a court in Sangareddy town of Medak district.
He and other MIM leaders were booked in 2005 for preventing
officials from demolishing a place of worship for road expansion.
A non-bailable warrant was pending against the MP.
A shutdown is being observed in Sangareddy and other towns of
Medak district, Karimnagar, Adilabad and other districts in
Telangana and also in Anantapur in Rayalaseema region.
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from different parts
of Hyderabad on Monday.
Some unidentified persons attacked a RTC bus in Bahadurpura in the
old city Monday night and tried to set it afire. The bus driver
was injured in the incident.
As a precautionary measure, police imposed prohibitory orders in
old Hyderabad, Sangareddy and other towns, banning assembly of
five or more people.
MIM general secretary Ahmed Pasha Khadri said the party has not
called for shutdown but it was people in districts and towns who
were voluntarily keeping their shops and business establishments
closed to show solidarity with Owaisi.
Police also tightened security in Nirmal town of Adilabad
district, where Asad Owaisi's younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi
will be produced before the court in hate speech case. As his
14-day judicial custody is ending Tuesday, the police would
produce him before the magistrate.
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