Hyderabad, April 5 -- The Hyderabad police have booked cases following a face-off between them and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLC Rahmath Baig and his supporters during the GHMC anti-encroachment drive.

Sahil Akbar, a former AIMIM corporator and current in charge of Ghansi Bazaar Division, was arrested. On Sunday, April 5, he was sent to judicial remand.

Baig, Akbar and locals protested against the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's drive across all six zones. Under the Charminar Zone, 52 encroachments were removed along the Laad Bazar-Puranapul Road stretch, with 17 permanent and 35 temporary structures.

The FIR was registered based on a complaint by Charminar constable Dheeraj Tiwari, alleging that Baig...