The Hyderabad police have booked BJP MLA Raja Singh Lodh and Darsgah-e-Jihad-o-Shahadat (DJS) member Mohammed Abdul Majid for making provocative speeches and promoting enmity. Lodh had on May 7 called Hyderabad’s old city “mini Pakistan’’ and said that he was not bothered about law and order. He told a local news channel that it was not his priority to ensure or follow the law. He had said that he was preparing a private army and training youths to fight.

Lodh claimed that he gave such statements after learning that DJS, a Muslim welfare organisation, was conducting training camps for youths to fight with swords and lathis. In retaliation, Majid conducted a mass drill with swords and lathis on May 12 and allegedly made a provocative speech.