08-24-2006, 05:45 PM
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Hyderabad, Aug. 23: About 40 muslim youth were taken into police custody for indulging in stone throwing, damaging public and private property besides violating traffic norms on city roads Tuesday night.
Several youth, who took to the streets on their two-wheelers on Tuesday night on the occasion of Shab-e-Meiraj (Night of Vigil, when Muslims offer prayers through the night) smashed up glass windows, streetlights and hoardings on Necklace road, Imax theatre road, Khairatabad, Liberty crossroads, Warasiguda and Secunderabad.
The incidents occurred past midnight and continued till 5 am when the youth went berserk. They pelted stones to damage streetlights, window panes of Imax theatre and pushed aside the barricades put up by police on various roads restricting vehicular traffic in view of the ongoing Assembly session.According to Saifabad police, it all started past midnight when police blocked their entry to Necklace road by putting up barricades.
The youth pushed aside the cops and barricades and hit the Necklace road on their two wheelers. On being chased by the police, they pelted stones right along Imax Theatre, Khairatabad, Liberty crossroads, Basheerbagh crossoads, Chilkalguda, Warasiguda, Secunderabad, Banjara Hills and Kukatpally. At Kukatpally, they also damaged an idol of Lord Ganesha which was being taken in a trailer to be installed. At Khairatabad, they threw stones at Perika Bhavan and Vysya Bank ATM centre before damaging the streetlights on various stretches of roads.
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Hyderabad, Aug. 23: About 40 muslim youth were taken into police custody for indulging in stone throwing, damaging public and private property besides violating traffic norms on city roads Tuesday night.
Several youth, who took to the streets on their two-wheelers on Tuesday night on the occasion of Shab-e-Meiraj (Night of Vigil, when Muslims offer prayers through the night) smashed up glass windows, streetlights and hoardings on Necklace road, Imax theatre road, Khairatabad, Liberty crossroads, Warasiguda and Secunderabad.
The incidents occurred past midnight and continued till 5 am when the youth went berserk. They pelted stones to damage streetlights, window panes of Imax theatre and pushed aside the barricades put up by police on various roads restricting vehicular traffic in view of the ongoing Assembly session.According to Saifabad police, it all started past midnight when police blocked their entry to Necklace road by putting up barricades.
The youth pushed aside the cops and barricades and hit the Necklace road on their two wheelers. On being chased by the police, they pelted stones right along Imax Theatre, Khairatabad, Liberty crossroads, Basheerbagh crossoads, Chilkalguda, Warasiguda, Secunderabad, Banjara Hills and Kukatpally. At Kukatpally, they also damaged an idol of Lord Ganesha which was being taken in a trailer to be installed. At Khairatabad, they threw stones at Perika Bhavan and Vysya Bank ATM centre before damaging the streetlights on various stretches of roads.
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