Many Muslim-owned properties were damaged amid communal violence in Telangana’s Asifabad district. (Photo: Vibhushita Singh/The Quint)

By Aliza Noor

“Mulk mein jo ho raha hain, usi ki ek kadi hain.” (It aligns with what is happening in the rest of the country).

This is what Syed Sirajuddin, who has lived in Jainoor village in Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district, Telangana for almost 20 years told The Quint.

On Wednesday, 4 September, communal violence erupted in the village after a crowd of over 2,000 locals belonging to the Gond tribe descended on a market area and vandalised shops, vehicles, five mosques and a madrasa.

One of the local mosque was also vandalised by the crowd. (Photo: Screenshot from the video accessed by The Quint)

Section 144 and an Internet ban has been imposed in the district as well.

The violence was allegedly a reaction to another case wherein an auto-driver, Sheikh Makhdoom reportedly sexually abused and beat a tribal woman in Jainoor village.

The police has arrested Makhdoom and a case under Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has also been filed.

This story was originally published in thequint.com. Read the full story here.