City Police arrest two more accused in mosque arson case
Hyderabad, Dec 5 (INN): The City Police on Wednesday arrested two more persons who were allegedly involved in an arson case of Jamia Masjid at Chintal Bazar in Bollaram.
According to police, on December 2, a complaint was lodged by Jamia Masjid Committee's president Nazeer Khan stating that some unknown persons set fire to the main door of the Chintal Bazar mosque by pouring diesel. The police began investigation after registering a case.
During the course of investigation, the accused S. Madan and KM Uday Kumar, both residents of Chintal Bazar were arrested on December 2 itself and remanded to Judicial custody.
While the investigation was on, on receipt of credible information, the Bollaram police arrested remaining two accused Vuniyala Sandeep Kumar and Yarlagadda Bharat Kumar alias Nani.
According to police, the main cause of the incident was a dispute between the two groups on the ownership of land beside Jamia Mosque for erecting Electric Transformer.
While one group is claiming that the land was a Wakf property, the other group claimed the land belongs to Cantonment Board.
Taking advantage of recent communal disturbance in Old City, the accused hatched a plan and burnt the main door of Chintal Bazar Mosque in order to provoke communal tension in the area and to obtain the possession of the said land, police said.
The case is being investigated by a team led by Bollaram Inspector T Laxminarayana. North Zone DCP Ch Srikanth congratulated the Inspector and his team for detecting the case within 24 hours.
News Posted: 5 December, 2012
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