Hyderabad, March 17 -- Hyderabad Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh has written a letter to Hyderabad Police Commissioner, V C Sajjanar, refusing police protection for the upcoming Ram Navami procession on March 27, alleging repeated harassment, lathi charge and use of force by task force personnel during the previous year's celebration.

In his letter, Singh stated that over the past three years, police deployed in the name of protection had instead disrupted the procession, at times resorting to lathi charges against devotees. He cited incidents reported near Anita Towers, Purana Pul, Begum Bazar Chatri and Siddiamber Bazar Mosque, which he said caused fear and distress among participants.

"Over the past three years, under the name of police ...