Telangana: Md Shabbir turns Holi festivities sour, sets Hindu man on fire for applying Holi colours

Hyderabad, March 09:They say's festival brings people of different religion together, however, in the lastest case a muslim man set a hindu man on fire after the victim threw Holi colours on him in Telangana. The Incident took place Marpalli village, Regode Mandal, Medak district, Telangana.

After the incident, the victim has identified as Anjaiah was immediately shifted to the Sangareddy government hospital.

The Regode Police took cognizance of the incident and registered a case in the matter under Section 307 of the IPC. The Police have initiated a probe into the matter and took Shabbir into custody. The police added that there is no communal tension in the village after the incident.

As per the police, Anjaiah was playing holi with other villages on Tuesday, when they came across Md Shabbir, and wanted to apply holi colours on him. But Shabbir opposed it, asking them not to do it.

When the latter insisted, Shabbir threatened that he will burn him by pouring petrol if he applies colour if he applies colour. It is notable that Shabbir and Anjaiah were friends.

But Anjaiah ignored his objection and threats, perhaps he thought that Shabbir was joking, and threw colours on him anyway. After that, he proceeded to apply colours to Shabbir’s face, despite his objections.

This angered Mohammed Shabbir, and he left the place, but returned with a bottle of petrol. He poured the fuel on Anjaiah and set him on fire. The villagers promptly arrived and rescued the victim by dousing the fire. But still, he suffered serious burn injuries, and he was taken to the Sangareddy Government Hospital.