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Hyderabad, August 20
Around 50 individuals had been taken into preventive custody once they reached the venue of a present by slapstick comedian Munawar Faruqui right here on Saturday night which in any other case went on peacefully.
Amid a name by BJP MLA T Raja Singh who stated the present ought to be cancelled, police ensured tight safety preparations on the venue in Madhapur right here.
Nearly 50 individuals reached the premises and all of them had been taken into preventive custody, police stated. The present that went on for 1.5 hours handed off peacefully, they stated.
Singh, the MLA from Goshamahal within the metropolis, was on Friday taken into preventive custody by the police right here when he tried to succeed in the venue.
Known for his robust Hindutva views, the BJP legislator alleged that Faruqui had insulted Hindu gods in his exhibits up to now and that had attracted police instances.
The MLA took exception to ruling TRS working president and state minister Okay T Rama Rao reportedly extending an invitation to Faruqui.
This is a reference to Rama Rao’s feedback final yr that Hyderabad is a real cosmopolitan metropolis which welcomes all cultures and criticism and that the exhibits of the likes of Faruqui wouldn’t get cancelled.
Singh had claimed that proficient artistes from Telangana ought to be inspired, as a substitute of inviting somebody who insults god.
Urging Rama Rao and the Telangana DGP to cancel permission given to Faruqui’s present, he had stated the developments could be “different” in any other case.
Earlier within the day, police in neighbouring Karnataka denied permission to Faruqui’s present, which was scheduled to happen in Bengaluru on Saturday.
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