Communal Tension in Saidabad

2019-05-25

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2019-05-25
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator M. Satyanarsimha Venkat Rao, A Vidya Sagar, K. Kishore Kumar, Shaikh Akbar
  • State Telangana
  • City/District Saidabad, Hyderabad, Saidabad, Hyderabad
  • Party in Power TRS

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Saidabad, Hyderabad
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

This incident had occured following a minor traffic accident on March 25, some miscreants physically assaulted four Muslim adolescents, escalating tension in the neighbourhood. The police have two distinct cases opened in this regard. Police discovered the involvement of a constable by the name of M. Vinay, a resident of Harijan area, Saidabad, using CCTV footage and films gathered from other sources. In a separate case of stone-throwing that the Saidabad Police had already filed, M. Satyanarsimha Venkat Rao, A. Vidya Sagar, K. Kishore Kumar, Shaikh Akbar, and two minors were all taken into custody. The court heard the accusations against the aforementioned defendants. While the police officer and his friend were released on bail, the magistrate remanded others to jail