Hyderabad: Curfew to be relaxed for 14 hours tomorrow

HYDERABAD: Police arrested seven more persons in connection with the last Sunday's communal clashes in Madannapet and Saidabad areas of the old city, even as authorities announced a 14-hour relaxation of curfew tomorrow.

The SIT of Hyderabad Police, which had arrested 16 persons so far, today nabbed seven more, on the charge of stone-pelting and damaging the state transport buses and private property, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective Department) J Sathyanarayana said.

Police have registered 26 cases in connection with the violent incidents of Sunday, which were sparked off by alleged desecration of a religious place.

With the situation in Madannapet and Saidabad remaining peaceful, police today decided to relax the curfew in these areas further for 14 hours, from 6 am to 8 pm.

However, with the communal tension still continuing in various parts of South, East and West Zones, In-charge Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma has also issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC, barring assembly of five or more persons.