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Hyderabad: The editor of a prominent Urdu daily in Hyderabad was attacked late in the night when he was returning home. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
Zahid Ali Khan, editor of Siasat, was attacked on Tuesday night at Mehdipatnam area of the city. Some unidentified people intercepted his car and threw filth on him. Khan alleged that Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator Muqtada Afsar Khan was behind the assault as his newspaper had been exposing the legislator's alleged land grabbing activities.
The incident led to tension in the area as activists of Telugu Desam party (TDP), Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and Majlis Bachao Tehreek gathered in large numbers to protest against the attack. |