AIMIM delegation seeks release of minority youth over Banswada incident

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A delegation of legislators from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen met Mohammed Azharuddin, Minister for Minorities Welfare, and Mahesh Bhagwat, Additional Director General of Police, and submitted a elaborate practice regarding the communal incidental that occurred successful Banswada successful Kamareddy territory connected February 20.

In the representation, dated February 23, the delegation stated that respective young men from the number assemblage were taken into custody successful the aftermath of the incidental nether assorted sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

According to the letter, connected February 21 astatine astir 2.00 p.m., Banswada constabulary arrested 8 boys nether Sections 191(1), 191(2), 191(3), 196(1)(a) and 109 work with 190 of the BNS, and included the names of 17 others successful the FIR.

The delegation contended that video footage of the incidental showed that the individuals were not progressive successful unlawful enactment and alleged that they had been falsely implicated.

The legislators sought the contiguous merchandise of the 8 younker and requested that further arrests beryllium stayed. They urged the Minister to guarantee a just and impartial probe and to instrumentality enactment against those liable for the violence.

The practice besides highlighted harm to respective shops during the incident. The affected establishments included effect shops, a wholesale effect shop, a angiosperm shop, a cookware and wide store, Swagat Hotel and Taj Family Restaurant. Losses were estimated to scope from ₹50,000 to ₹3 lakh, with the wholesale effect store unsocial reporting a nonaccomplishment of ₹2 lakh.

The delegation requested that capable compensation beryllium disbursed to the affected store owners, stating that the harm had caused important fiscal strain, peculiarly during the period of Ramadan, which is considered a highest concern period.

Published - February 23, 2026 09:00 p.m. IST

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