Hyderabad, March 5 -- A group of advocates and social activists has written to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Telangana State Waqf Board, demanding the eviction of encroachers from the Raushan Dil Khabrastan in Dabeerpura and the restoration of the land to the board.

The letter, dated Thursday, March 5, follows a representation made by the same group on February 4, in which they had sought a probe into how the Darussalam Cooperative Bank was allowed to mortgage the Waqf Board graveyard, as recorded in an inquiry report. The activists also raised a conflict of interest, noting that Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who is the chief patron of the Darussalam Cooperative Urban Bank, was also a member of the Waqf Board.

The letter fur...