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Charminar under police siege for third day
Tuesday November 13, 2012 05:34:45 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Charminar,
the monument which symbolizes Hyderabad, remained under police
siege for the third straight day Tuesday with all the markets
surrounding it still shut.
A curfew-like situation prevailed around Charminar as police and
paramilitary forces were deployed in large numbers to prevent any
untoward incident.
Police, however, allowed devotees to pray at the Bhagyalakshmi
temple abutting Charminar, the row over which has led to tension
in the old city.
All routes leading to the 400-year-old monument were sealed with
barbed wires and steel barricades but the devotees were allowed to
visit the temple.
Long queues of men and women were seen outside the temple to
perform 'puja' on the occasion of Diwali.
Policemen were not allowed any vehicle to proceed towards the
monument and only devotees were permitted to walk up to the
temple, where erection of a canopy in alleged violation of high
court orders Sunday triggered a huge row.
The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) withdrew its support to the
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in New Delhi and the
Congress government in Andhra Pradesh.
Police said the situation in the old city was peaceful.
The Charminar area, thronged by thousands of shoppers and tourists
on any given day, resembled a fortress with armed policemen
deployed all over the deserted streets.
Additional forces were mobilized Tuesday to maintain law and order
in view of the large number of devotees visiting the temple.
The famous bangles and cloth markets, jewelerly and pearl shops,
hotels and eateries were closed for the third day, dampening
Diwali festivities for the residents of the old city.
People living in areas surrounding Charminar complained that
police were not allowing them to come out of their houses even to
buy the essentials.
People were not permitted to go to Nizamia Tibbi Hospital close to
Charminar. Relatives of patients admitted to the hospital were
furious.
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