Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that an AIMIM corporator along with some of his supporters attacked the party’s corner meeting in Hyderabad's Kalapathar Police Station area on Thursday. BJP leaders also claimed that the police did not take any action to stop them and misbehaved with the party workers, according to news agency ANI.
After the incident, the BJP staged a protest at the police station demanding immediate action against the AIMIM corporator and the police personnel who misbehaved with the BJP workers.
"AIMIM Ramnasthpura Division corporator identified as Mohammad Khader along with a few others attacked the BJP corner meeting," BJP leader Uma Mahender quoted by ANI.
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"We immediately called the police and informed them about the incident. The police reached the scene but watched as spectators and did not take any action. The police also misbehaved with the BJP Karyakarthas. In protest to all this, the BJP Karyakarthas staged a protest at the Kalapathar Police Station, demanding that action be taken against the AIMIM corporator and the police, who had watched the incidents as spectators," said Mahender.
"Later, South Zone DCP Sai Chaitanya consoled us and assured us that action would be taken against all of them, and thus we withdrew the protest," Mahender further said.
DCP Sai Chaitanya said that a case has been registered in regard to the incident.
"Today whatever incident took place, we have now registered the case. I assure that the police will take action on this incident. Also, action will be taken against all police personnel who misbehaved with BJP workers. I have put up the report on them. "We've already begun our investigation," the DCP said, as reported by ANI.
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