No Terror Activities In Hyderabad: Nayani

Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy on Friday categorically stated that no Hyderabadi was involved in any terror-related activity.

Replying to a question raised by Congress MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy in the State Legislative Council during the Question Hour, the Home Minister rejected reports that the outskirts of Hyderabad and Cyberabad police limits had become terrorist hideouts.

Referring to the previous cases of bomb blasts and other terror activities, he said that such acts were performed by outsiders, and that no locals were involved in them.

He also explained the steps being taken by the government to modernise and upgrade the police force in Hyderabad at a cost of more than Rs 320 crores.

The Home Minister said that enough precautions were being taken to keep a tab on suspicious activities. The government had also approved installation of CC cameras at strategic locations.

He said that the government would ensure that Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana remained free from terrorist activities.

MIM MLCs Syed Aminul Hasan Jafferi and Syed Altaf Hyder Rizvi sought to know the status of the investigation into the Mecca Masjid blast case of 2007.

They also demanded that the government table the report of the Bhaskar Rao Commission which probed the police firing incident near Mecca Masjid after the blast. They claimed that the Commission had submitted its report to the then Congress Government, and that the same was also discussed in a cabinet meeting.

Congress MLC Peer Shabbir Ahmed complained that the Gujarat police had been picking up Muslim youth and other locals from Hyderabad in different cases. He asked the government to ensure that the Gujarat police intimated the Hyderabad Police before arresting anyone.

Mohammed Ali Shabbir said many innocent youth, who were arrested in Mecca Masjid blast case and later let off, did not receive the promised compensation from the government.

Responding to these questions, the Home Minister said he would get details about the Bhaskar Rao Commission report and would act on it. He said that the Mecca Masjid blast case was in the courts, and that nine people had been arrested in the case. Besides assuring the House that the government would take all measures to maintain peace, he said that it would also do justice to the innocent youth who were wrongly arrested. (INN)