Hyderabad, Nov. 8 -- Construction of an alleged "unauthorised and illegal" temple on Shia waqf land in Secunderabad triggered tensions in the Tirumalagiri locality following Friday prayers on November 6.

Syed Nisar Hussain, president of the protected waqf property Kohe Imam-e-Zamin, filed a complaint at the Tirumalagiri Police Station on Saturday, November 7, calling for the immediate removal of the structure.

During a field inspection, the Kohe Imam-e-Zamin members noticed that a temple was being erected on the land, the complaint read.

"The land has been registered under the Shia Waqf Board since 1951 and is protected under the provisions of the Waqf Act," Hussain told Siasat.com.

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