The City Police, on Tuesday, arrested 7 more people who were allegedly involved in the recent
communal incidents of Madannapet and Saidabad police station limits.
Addressing a press conference, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective Department - Crimes & SIT) J Sathyanarayana said that the arrests were made in connection with 26 cases registered in different police stations in the Old City. He said that the arrests were made based on evidence from CC cameras, photographs published in newspapers, and video clippings of news channels.
The DCP said that all the cases were being transferred to the Special Investigation Team, which would comprise 2 ACPs and 7 inspectors.
3 accused - Syed Amjad Ali (19), Mohd Nizam (22) and Mohd Dastagir (30) - were arrested in a case of stone-pelting incidents that occurred at Kurmaguda in Madannapet police limits.
Another accused, Syed Shakir, was arrested in a case in Madannapet PS, where he, along with others, damaged an auto-rickshaw and beat up the auto-driver P Surender at Royal Embassy College.
2 more persons - Yousuf Siddiqui and Mir Mudassar Ali - were arrested for attempting to kill 2 persons, Ravi and Murali, in the graveyard behind Chanchalguda Women's Jail in Madannapet PS.
Another accused - M Mallikarjun Reddy - was arrested on charges of pelting stones on houses and damaging RTC buses at Jai Hind Hotel Road in Saidabad.
The DCP said that efforts were on to arrest the absconding accused in all the cases. So far, the City Police have arrested 12 persons in different cases of communal violence.
So far, the police have registered 11 cases in Saidabad PS; 6 in Madannapet; 4 in Moghalpura; 2 in Kanchanbagh; and one each in Hussain Alam and Chandrayangutta police station limits. (INN)