Hyderabad, Oct. 5 -- Alampally Pochaiah, former Mayor of Hyderabad and a senior Dalit leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), passed away on Sunday, October 4.

Pochaiah's death came a day after AIMIM president and Hyderabad Member of Parliament (MP) Asaduddin Owaisi remembered him at a public meeting.

On hearing the news, Charminar Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mir Zulfeqar Ali and AIMIM Joint Secretary Syed Mushtaq Ahmed rushed to Pochaiah's residence and expressed condolences to his family.

Pochaiah served as mayor of Hyderabad from 1989 to 1991, when the city was governed by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH), the body that preceded the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Zulfeq...