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Hyderabad Cong leader hospitalized after alleged AIMIM-linked mob attack; party demands justice

By A Representative 
A group of Congress leaders and activists have written to the Hyderabad Commissioner of Police, urging immediate action over what they describe as a “mob lynching murderous attack” on party functionary Mohammed Hamed at the Congress Party office in New Kishan Nagar, Asifnagar, on July 21.
According to the complaint, Hamed — General Secretary of the Asifnagar Division and Khairatabad District Minority General Secretary — sustained grievous injuries, including a double and comminuted fracture, requiring major surgeries. The medical report cited by the complainants details displaced comminuted fracture of the calcaneum, soft tissue edema, and other injuries.
The letter alleges that the assault, which occurred about 1.5 km from the Asifnagar Police Station, was carried out by a mob with “conspired intention to kill,” and included attackers throwing two-wheelers, logs, and pushing Hamed from a height. Video clips referenced in the complaint purportedly show repeated kicks and blows to the victim while he lay face-down on the road.
The complainants state that while Hamed named several alleged assailants, only one name appears in the FIR (No. 175/2025), registered under sections 118, 329, and 324 read with 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. They allege that some accused run an office of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) opposite the Congress office, and have called for correction of the FIR, identification of the “mastermind” behind the attack, and swift prosecution of those seen in the video.
The letter, signed by Congress leaders and social activists including Dr. Lubna Sarwath, Er Amgoth Venkatesh Pawar, and others, also seeks police protection for Hamed and the Congress office in New Kishan Nagar. It appeals for measures to prevent similar incidents in the Old City, asserting that non-AIMIM political workers face “fear, oppression, and group attacks.”

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