Former MIM corporator held for communal riots 

Hyderabad: In a communal riot case, former MIM corporator Mohammed Ghouse has been arrested by the Special Investigation team (SIT) on Wednesday. The SIT officials have sent Ghouse to judicial custody in Chanchalguda jail.

It may be reacalled that, ahead of GHMC elections, Ghouse who joined congress party was an MIM leader during the time of communal clashes which took place in 2012 in Old City.

The riots happened over a dispute on Bhagyalakshmi temple. A total of seven cases have been booked against Ghouse by the police which was subsequently given to SIT.

The ex-corporator obtained bail in six cases but was arrested in the seventh case. The SIT officials booked Ghouse under sections 147, 149, 333 and 353 of IPC.

“Ghouse has been arrested in on one of the seven cases and has been sent to judicial custody in Chanchalguda jail,” said Avinash Mohanty, DCP of Central Crime Station.

Meanwhile, Ghouse associates allege the arrest as a political vendetta following his separation from MIM.