Overview
- The state issued a government order sending in-charge executive officer Mohammed Safiullah back to his parent department, TGGenco, with immediate effect.
- Asadullah, the Survey Commissioner of Waqfs, was given additional charge as the Haj Committee’s in-charge executive officer and as director of the Telangana Urdu Academy until further orders.
- Safiullah’s remark to families of the Saudi bus fire victims—asking why they needed to see the ‘charred remains’—triggered tensions at the Haj Committee office.
- Relatives had arrived to submit passports and documents after the state said two family members per victim would be sent to Saudi Arabia, but confusion over departures and guidelines led to arguments.
- A video of the exchange circulated on social media, community leaders intervened to calm the scene, and Safiullah later told media he had apologized and expressed regret.