Curfew relaxed from 10 am to 1 p.m

Curfew was  relaxed in the communal violence-hit areas of the Hyderabad city on Saturday as the situation remained incident-free on Friday and prayers at local mosques passed off peacefully.

Acording to City Police Commissioner A.K. Khan, prohibitory orders were relaxed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in all 17 police stations limits of the Old City and from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in eight areas outside the Old City.

“As everything was peaceful on Saturday morning  we decided to relax the curfew in all 25 police stations where it was imposed. We will gradually increase relaxation period  if the situation continues to be peaceful,” he said.

 No untoward incident was reported from any part of the city till late  in the afternoon.  

Meanwhile, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation personnel removed all flags and banners of religious nature from city walls and poles.

 As many as 30 companies of central forces are deployed at all sensitive areas of the city and around 130 people were taken into custody for their alleged involvement in the clashes, police said.

Two persons were killed and over 90 sustained injuries in the clashes that began last Saturday over the issue of putting up religious flags.

The city police initially imposed curfew in 17 police stations of the old city. As violence spread to other areas, curfew was later extended to eight more stations.