Cops to dig out old cases to nail MIM

Cops to dig out old cases to nail MIM

Many Party Leaders Facing Criminal Cases, NBWs

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad:The Kiran Kumar Reddy government on Tuesday launched a no-holds barred offensive against the MIM, instructing the Hyderabad police to crack down on those MIM legislators and corporators against whom criminal cases have been booked and against whom non-bailable warrants (NBWs) are pending. The informal instructions came even as the bail applications of the Owaisi brothers were rejected in two separate courts.
    A circular, issued by Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma to all zonal DCPs on Tuesday afternoon, specifically asked them to draw up a list of MIM MLAs and corporators against whom there are registered cases and NBWs pending. The DCPs were asked to submit the details to additional CP (crimes) Sandeep Shandilya. As per the information gathered by the cops till now, at least 20 MIM leaders are facing criminal cases while NBWs are pending against at least one MIM MLA and five corporators. Over the next few days, the city cops hope to unearth more. “We will move against these leaders after Milad-un -Nabi (the Prophet’s birthday),” a police source disclosed.
    There are BJP and TDP corporators too against whom criminal cases have been registered and NBWs are pending, but there were no instructions by Sharma to his DCPs to collate information about them. Apart from the Owaisi brothers, the list of MIM MLAs and corporators against whom criminal cases have been registered include Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri, Ahmed Balala, Mumtaz Khan, Afsar Khan, Muazzam Khan, Virasat Rasool Khan and mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain.
No relief for Owaisis
    Tuesday was a bad day for the Owaisi brothers. While, the Sangareddy court dismissed the bail application of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin in a case pertaining to rioting and assault of an officer in 2005, the Adilabad court exte