HYDERABAD: On the occasion of Bharat Bandh, there were at least four incidents in various parts of the city where protesters attacked either the shopkeepers who opened their shops or people who questioned them.
On Tuesday morning, when Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi held a protest along with TRS activists, he was questioned by a person for obstructing their movement by putting a barricade at Kukatpally. It led to a argument between the TRS activists and locals. The MLA, allegedly shoved an unknown man and later, one of his followers assaulted this unknown man. The incident was caught on camera and it went viral but no case was registered by Kukatpally police, who said that they did not get any complaint.
In another incident, TRS protesters, upon seeing a beauty parlour in Ram Nagar kept open, barged into the palour and attacked the business organisers, besides abusing them. Police registered a criminal case on the charge of criminal trespass, damage to property against ex-corporator Hari Babu and others. In Bhongir zone, two cases were registered after protesters damaged property in an open store. In another case, a stone was pelted against a store owner. DCP (Bhongir Zone) Narayan Reddy said criminal cases were registered.