A day after clashes, Amberpet returns to normalcy

Normalcy returned to Amberpet area a day after two groups clashed for a brief while over a Masjid land. The road was opened for the traffic even as the local public were seen hurrying to their workplaces using public and private transport.

Eight persons including four policemen were injured in the incident resulting in tension in the Amberpet and surroundings.

The police have registered three cases against the persons who were involved in trouble and  stone pelting. “Cases have been booked against the persons who were responsible for trouble in the area. Special teams have been formed to identify and nab them,” DCP (East) M Ramesh told.

Hyderabad Commissioner Anjani Kumar along with senior officials camped in Amberpet throughout the night and ensured no untoward incident took place. Bhartiya Janata Party legislator T Raja Singh who was taken into preventive custody at Amberpet when he went to the area was released later in the



night.

Following instructions from the City Police Commissioner, all Station House Officers posted pickets at all communal sensitive areas and organized intensified patrolling in the city throughout the night. The police pickets will continue at Amberpet for a few more days while the additional forces rushed to the area will continue to stay till further orders.

The GHMC authorities have started the debris clearing exercise on the Amberpet – Uppal stretch where several buildings were pulled down owing to road widening works.

The issue arose after the GHMC authorities as part of road widening works had demolished a few shops on the Amberpet stretch. The authorities claimed that what they demolished were shops and not religious structures. However, the locals and TS Wakf Board claimed there was a 200-year-old mosque which was pulled down by the GHMC authorities during the process.