Overview
- Police identified the accused as Altaf from Karnataka’s Bidar district and produced him in a Hyderabad court on January 11, where he was sent to judicial remand.
- A case was registered at Neredmet police station under relevant BNS sections for unlawful entry into a place of worship and insulting religious beliefs.
- Authorities said the 26-year-old allegedly entered the Katta Maisamma temple in Safilguda and committed “indecent” acts in front of the idol.
- Protests were held by the BJP, pro-Hindu groups and devotees, and state BJP chief N. Ramchander Rao called the incident “blasphemous” and urged an “encounter” of the accused.
- A video circulating on social media purportedly shows locals beating a man outside the temple, and police appealed against spreading unverified content while verifying the accused’s antecedents.