Hyderabad: A fake claim by a 21-year-old plumber that he was a victim of communal attack triggered major tension in Old City, at a time when it is limping back to normality after a string of incidents during the last fortnight.
Mohammed Junaid, a plumber from Chintalmet in Rajendra Nagar, inflicted injuries on himself with a razor, near Kamatipura on Sunday night, and claimed that he was waylaid by a group of people who asked his name first and then attacked and took away Rs 3,000 that was in his possession. A sustained sevenhour interrogation of Junaid by cops finally revealed that he had spent Rs 3,000 that he was to give to his brother’s family, and concocted the incident in order to escape their wrath.
Old City was on the boil on Sunday night with some locals led by two MIM legislators staging a demonstration outside Kamatipura police station demanding that the culprits behind the attack be arrested. A hapless city police then rounded up 35 BJP and Gorakshak Samithi activists and the tension eased only around 5 am on Monday after Junaid confessed that he had made up the incident. BJP slams city police chief for detaining party workers
Junaid is the youngest of five brothers and until a year ago, he used to reside with them in Kala Pathar before moving out to Chintalmet to stay on his own. “Every month, he would contribute Rs 3,000 as his share for repaying the chit amount of Rs 50,000 raised by the family. However, this time around, he spent it all and devised the plan to portray himself as a victim of communal attack and robbery,” south zone DCP Manish Kumar Sinha told the media.
Accordingly, Junaid spent a good part of Sunday at his second brother’s house in Kala Pathar and left the premises around 9.45 pm. “He bought a set of razor blades from a kirana store and after reaching the sports complex in Chandulalbaradari, inflicted two cuts on himself on the left thigh and left shoulder with the razor blade. He later ran to his friend Feroze and a few others nearby and told them that he was attacked. They then brought him to Kamatipura police station,” said the DCP.
At the police station, Junaid claimed that he was attacked by a five-member motorcycle gang who first asked him his name in Telugu and then in Urdu before hitting him with a blunt weapon. In the meantime, news of the attack spread and a group of locals led by MIM MLAs Mouzam Khan and Ahmed Balala camped outside Kamatipura police station and demanded that the culprits be brought to book. Under pressure to deliver, Hyderabad police commissioner A K Khan summoned the task force personnel who then rounded up 35 BJP and Gorakshak Samithi activists.
Around 5 am on Monday, after sustained interrogation, Junaid finally confessed to having staged the entire incident. The suspects who were rounded up were immediately released. Junaid was taken to a hospital and treated for his self-inflicted wounds, and was booked under sections 153-A (promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion) and 203 (giving false information that an offence has been committed) of the IPC and arrested.
But the issue did not end there. Even as the cops produced Junaid before the media at the south zone DCP’s office at 11 am, a group of BJP leaders led by A Narendra and Baddam Bal Reddy descended on the venue and raised slogans against A K Khan in protest against the false detention of their cadre. They later met the DCP and submitted a memorandum, asking the police to stop harassing innocent people.
Meanwhile, Junaid was produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody. “The situation in Old City is tense as it is, such incidents will only add to the tension,” said a police official.
Mohammed Junaid, a plumber from Chintalmet in Rajendra Nagar, inflicted injuries on himself with a razor, near Kamatipura on Sunday night, and claimed that he was waylaid by a group of people who asked his name first and then attacked and took away Rs 3,000 that was in his possession. A sustained sevenhour interrogation of Junaid by cops finally revealed that he had spent Rs 3,000 that he was to give to his brother’s family, and concocted the incident in order to escape their wrath.
Old City was on the boil on Sunday night with some locals led by two MIM legislators staging a demonstration outside Kamatipura police station demanding that the culprits behind the attack be arrested. A hapless city police then rounded up 35 BJP and Gorakshak Samithi activists and the tension eased only around 5 am on Monday after Junaid confessed that he had made up the incident. BJP slams city police chief for detaining party workers
Junaid is the youngest of five brothers and until a year ago, he used to reside with them in Kala Pathar before moving out to Chintalmet to stay on his own. “Every month, he would contribute Rs 3,000 as his share for repaying the chit amount of Rs 50,000 raised by the family. However, this time around, he spent it all and devised the plan to portray himself as a victim of communal attack and robbery,” south zone DCP Manish Kumar Sinha told the media.
Accordingly, Junaid spent a good part of Sunday at his second brother’s house in Kala Pathar and left the premises around 9.45 pm. “He bought a set of razor blades from a kirana store and after reaching the sports complex in Chandulalbaradari, inflicted two cuts on himself on the left thigh and left shoulder with the razor blade. He later ran to his friend Feroze and a few others nearby and told them that he was attacked. They then brought him to Kamatipura police station,” said the DCP.
At the police station, Junaid claimed that he was attacked by a five-member motorcycle gang who first asked him his name in Telugu and then in Urdu before hitting him with a blunt weapon. In the meantime, news of the attack spread and a group of locals led by MIM MLAs Mouzam Khan and Ahmed Balala camped outside Kamatipura police station and demanded that the culprits be brought to book. Under pressure to deliver, Hyderabad police commissioner A K Khan summoned the task force personnel who then rounded up 35 BJP and Gorakshak Samithi activists.
Around 5 am on Monday, after sustained interrogation, Junaid finally confessed to having staged the entire incident. The suspects who were rounded up were immediately released. Junaid was taken to a hospital and treated for his self-inflicted wounds, and was booked under sections 153-A (promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion) and 203 (giving false information that an offence has been committed) of the IPC and arrested.
But the issue did not end there. Even as the cops produced Junaid before the media at the south zone DCP’s office at 11 am, a group of BJP leaders led by A Narendra and Baddam Bal Reddy descended on the venue and raised slogans against A K Khan in protest against the false detention of their cadre. They later met the DCP and submitted a memorandum, asking the police to stop harassing innocent people.
Meanwhile, Junaid was produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody. “The situation in Old City is tense as it is, such incidents will only add to the tension,” said a police official.
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