Hyderabad Mar 24 PTI The bodies of 11 migrant workers hailing from Bihar who were charred to death in a massive fire that swept through a scrap godown in the city were flown from here to Patna on Thursday police said here All the 11 bodies were shifted to the airport here from the state-run Gandhi Hospital after post-mortem and bodies of six of them were flown in a flight to Patna on Thursday morning and handed over to the relatives of the deceased there while bodies of remaining five persons were also flown in another flight to Patna in the afternoon they said Police and revenue officials from the city also left for Bihar in this regard a police official said The 11 workers aged between 22 to 35 years who were sleeping in a room constructed above the godown at Bhoiguda here were killed in an early morning blaze on Wednesday The godown at Bhoiguda was allegedly operating without fire safety measures and a lone internal spiral staircase hardly helped the deceased flee the fire although one person managed to escape fire and police officials had said The lone survivor who saved his life by jumping from the window of the room in which they were staying has been admitted to a local hospital A case under Sections 304-A causing death by negligence and 337 causing hurt by act endangering life of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the owner of the scrap godown police added The exact cause of the fire would be known after investigation fire service and police officials had said PTI VVK VVK HDA HDA

Hyderabad Feb 28 PTI A 29-year-old woman has alleged that the driver of a private bus raped her in a moving bus at knife-point police said on Monday The woman in a complaint lodged at Kukatpally police station here last week stated that she boarded the private bus to Bhimavaram on the night of Feburary 23 Two hours into the journey the accused driver asked the second driver of the bus to take to the wheel The accused then went to the woman and requested to share her sleeper seat with him to which she agreed However the accused later threatened her with a knife and allegedly raped her the woman said in the complaint that she filed after coming back to Hyderabad the police said Based on the complaint a case on charges of rape criminal intimidation and under other relevant Indian Penal Code sections was registered against the driver and he was arrested a police official said PTI VVK VVK HDA HDA

Hyderabad Feb 23 PTI An altercation between cow vigilantes and some people illegally transporting cattle led to tension in Karmanghat area here resulting in protests and stone pelting that left a few police personnel injured officials said on Wednesday Police said they have registered five cases in connection with the incidents that happened on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday and seven persons were arrested for allegedly attacking the cow vigilantes Police said the cow vigilantes were also booked in connection with damage of police vehicles and for causing grievous injury to a police sub-inspector in stone pelting during the protests held by them and activists of some Hindu organisations Additional police forces were deployed in the area and the situation was brought under control a senior police official told PTI Strong police pickets have been posted with civil and special forces to maintain peace and tranquility in area police said The cow vigilantes in a complaint to police stated that when a group of gau rakshaks stopped a vehicle carrying cattle on Tuesday night they were attacked with iron rods by those transporting the cattle resulting in minor injuries to them Then the cattle transporters called other accused to the spot and chased the cow vigilantes into the premises of a temple police said based on the complaint adding that they registered a case and took seven persons into custody Police further said they seized the vehicle illegally transporting the cattle and five calves were handed over to a gaushala cow shelter for safe custody Similarly based on a complaint of assault filed by the driver of the vehicle transporting the cattle another case was registered against the cow vigilantes and investigation was taken up After this incident a large number of Hindu activists gathered at the temple and protested over the entry of people from other religions into the premises and obstructed free flow of traffic on the main road a release from Rachakonda Police Commissionerate said When the police tried to pacify the unruly mob they started chanting slogans and pelting stones on the police causing injuries to police officials including to one Sub-Inspector who received severe head injuries and has been admitted to a hospital police said The mob continued to indulge in stone pelting and damaged police vehicles obstructed common public and created a panic situation even as police succeeded in pacifying the mob they said Rachakonda Commissioner of Police Mahesh M Bhagwat said investigation was on in the five cases as he appealed the community to not spread rumours through social media and maintain communal harmony In-charge Director General of Police of Telangana Anjani Kumar along with other senior police officials held a review meeting over the incident It has been resolved that firm action will be taken against the communal offenders and those who are trying to disturb communal situation in the state a release from the DGPs office said History sheet and communal sheet will be opened against any violators of law police added PTI VVK VVK HDA HDA

Hyderabad Feb 20 PTI Ruling TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday left for Mumbai from here to meet his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party NCP president Sharad Pawar as part of his campaign against the BJPs alleged anti-people policies Rao also known as KCR left for Mumbai from Begumpet airport here along with his party leaders to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai and have lunch with him TRS sources said After the meeting with Thackeray Rao would go to Pawars residence and discuss national political issues the sources said Rao would return to Hyderabad in the evening Thackeray the president of Maharashtras ruling Shiv Sena telephoned Rao last week and invited him to Mumbai Thackeray announced complete support to Raos fight against the BJPs alleged anti-people policies and to uphold federal spirit The Maharashtra CM proposed that the future course of action on the issue be discussed when Rao meets him Appreciating Raos efforts Thackeray pointed out that the former has raised his voice at the right time to protect the nation from divisive forces the release said Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal Secular president H D Deve Gowda had recently called up Rao and extended support to the latters fight Rao had told Gowda he would visit Bengaluru and meet him on the issue The Telangana Chief Minister who has been critical of the BJP and the central government on a number of issues had said he will soon have meetings with his Maharashtra and West Bengal counterparts Thackeray and Mamata Banerjee respectively as part of efforts to unite various political parties against the saffron party and the NDA government Holding that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government should be dumped for its alleged anti-people policies Rao had said he would play a major role in uniting anti-BJP political parties TRS and BJP in Telangana have been engaged in a bitter of war of words over different issues for several months now PTI VVK VVK HDA HDA