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HYDERABAD: Saidabad police on Friday registered a sedition case under Section 124A of IPC against two daughters of cleric Maulana Abdul Aleem Islahi — Shabista and Zille Huma — and a group women for spreading communal hatred during a congregation on Thursday against the Supreme Court verdict in Ayodhya .

The daughters of the cleric were booked for their alleged hate utterances and raising slogans against the verdict.

The police took suo motu action against the group for their alleged inciting remarks and slogans after analysing videos of the congregation and protests, making it the first such case since the verdict.

On Thursday, a group of women belonging to a certain Muslim organisation held a congregation at Saidabad Ujale Shah Eidgah grounds. The police had initially denied permission to them, but later it granted conditional accord, saying they were not supposed to disrupt peace and refrain from communal utterances.

A case under IPC Sections 153 A&B (promoting enmity and hatred between the two communities) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts to outrage religious feelings) has also been filed. Sector sub-inspector DD Singh had filed a complaint with the station house officer, upon which the police issued an FIR.

“We have found the content of the programme highly inflammatory and the congregation had tried to create communal enmity the two communities,” said Saidabad inspector K Srinivas. On Friday, the police tightened security around Mecca Masjid to thwart possible protest after the prayers in connection with the arrest of DJS president and four others by police in a conspiracy case. The task force had picked up four DJS activists from Golconda. Rapid Action force was deployed near the Mecca Masjid.

