Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has appealed for calm amid excessive pressure over BJP chief T Raja Singh’s objectionable remarks towards Prophet Muhammad ahead of Friday prayers on Friday. The AIMIM MP urged the native residents to make sure peaceable Prayers and mentioned that their “biggest demand” of getting the BJP MLA detained and suspended over his remarks on Prophet Mohammad has been fulfilled.
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हमारी सबसे बड़ी डिमांड यही थी कि जिस शख्स ने ऐसी बकवास की है उसे जेल भेजा जाए, अब ये हमारी जिम्मेदारी है कि कल के नमाज़ ए जुमा के बाद हम कोई नारा न लगाएं, ऐसा कोई वाकया न पेश आए जिससे दूसरों को तकलीफ हो।#RajaSingh pic.twitter.com/cD9wlnpJzN
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Meanwhile, security has been tightened in elements of Hyderabad to keep away from any untoward incident in the wake of the Prophet remark row. Earlier on Thursday, protests erupted in Telangana following the alleged remarks by the suspended BJP chief on Prophet Mohammed. Singh has been detained underneath the Preventive Detention Act (PD Act) and is being lodged in Central Prison, Cheriapally, mentioned Hyderabad Police on Thursday.
“I also urge all of you to not raise any such slogans after the Friday prayers, which may hamper the country`s harmony… Let peace prevail,” Owaisi mentioned in a press convention in Hyderabad. “Our biggest demand – of getting him arrested – has been fulfilled under PD Act. I urge all to ensure peaceful Friday prayers tomorrow,” he added.
Suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh has been detained underneath the Preventive Detention Act (PD Act) and is being lodged in Central Prison, Cheriapally, mentioned Hyderabad Police on Thursday.
According to the police, 101 felony instances had been registered towards the suspended BJP chief who was “involved in 18 communal offences”. “T. Raja Singh has been detained under Act No.1 of 1986 on August 25 i.e. P.D Act as per the orders of the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City,” mentioned the police.
The police mentioned that Singh has been “habitually delivering provocative and inflammatory speeches” and “driving a wedge between communities leading to public disorder”. Referring to the video launched by Singh on YouTube, the police mentioned that the protests erupted in totally different elements of Hyderabad City and different elements of Telangana after the video went viral, and “drove a wedge between communities and disturbed the peaceful nature of Hyderabad and Telangana State”.
The police mentioned in a launch that the detainee commented, “very blasphemously against Prophet Mohammed and his lifestyle”. He was earlier taken into custody on Tuesday. However, he was launched after a Court order. The FIR was registered towards him on the Dabeerpura Police Station underneath sections 153(A), 295, and 505 of the Indian Penal Code. The BJP suspended the MLA and mentioned his remarks had been towards the social gathering`s line.
