Hyderabad, Aug. 28 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Shaik Abdullah Sohail attacked the Congress government on Thursday, August 28, for registering a First Information Report (FIR) against some Muslims who staged a peaceful protest in the Jubilee Hills constituency demanding land for a graveyard.

Sohail said the move is an "act of intimidation, designed to silence a genuine demand that has been pending for years". The BRS leader blamed Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy for "unleashing the police on the community" and said that the case is not a routine law-and-order response. He stated that the FIR "reflected a deliberate and communal mindset".

In a media statement, the BRS leader alleged that the Congress government in Tela...