By News Desk
Hyderabad: Police in Telangana’s Jagtial district registered a case on Monday, March 23, three days after an Eidgah was desecrated and Muslim residents were prevented from offering Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at the site.
Communal tension prevailed in Narsimhulapally village in Beerpur mandal after a group of right-wing workers entered the Eidgah on Friday, March 20, hoisted a saffron flag and performed rituals, hurting religious sentiments days before Eid.
Muslims were first obstructed from cleaning the Eidgah premises by what locals described as “anti-social elements.” A group of unidentified individuals then trespassed into the Eidgah and allegedly damaged the mimbar – the pulpit from which the imam delivers sermons.
The group hoisted a saffron flag and performed rituals, inadvertently creating communal tension in the area days before Eid. Following the desecration, devotees were barred from offering Eid prayers on March 21.
Case registered, accused still at large
Village resident Md Kareem lodged a complaint on Monday, following which police registered a case under sections 329(3) (criminal trespass), 196(2) (promoting enmity between groups) and 298 (injuring or defiling a place of worship) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Kareem named several individuals in his complaint, including Beerpur sarpanch Harish, Upa sarpanch Jithendar, Venu, a reporter with Andhra Jyoti, former Beerpur sarpanch Ramesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mandal president Patha Ramesh, BJP counsellor Konda Laxman and one Sunchu Suresh.
This story was originally published siasat.com. Read the full story here.
