Mancherial ACP moved out over nod to prayer call plea

Hyderabad: An assistant commissioner of police (ACP) posted with Ramagundam commissionerate has been attached to the state police headquarters for permitting custodians of worship places in Mancherial town to travel to the places of worship during the month of Ramzan.
Ramagundam commissioner of police V Satyanarayana said such a permission should not have been issued without the consent of higher officials.“ACP Ch Lakshminarayana signed their application, stating permission is granted. After a preliminary enquiry, a report has been submitted to the DGP and based on the report, the ACP has been attached to the state police headquarters as part of disciplinary action,” Satyanarayana said.
On April 20, general secretary of a religious committee in Mancherial district approached Lakshminarayana, ACP, Mancherial town, seeking permission to give prayer calls five times a day and turn on siren in the morning and evening during the month of Ramzan for all the worship places in the town.
The applicant also sought permission for the Imams and Moazzans to visit the worship places during the month of Ramzan every day. The ACP signed on the application. Subsequently, the application went viral on social media as people started sharing it on WhatsApp and others also started approaching local police seeking similar permissions.
The commissioner clarified that there was no truth in certain allegations being circulated on social media that the ACP took refrigerator from someone and issued a car pass.