Hyderabad, May 12: Hyderabad Police on Monday arrested BJP candidate for Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat K. Madhavi Latha after she asked some burqa-clad Muslim women voters to appear at the polling station to verify identity. The Malakpet police station registered a case against him under Sections 171 C (undue influence on elections), 186 (obstructing public servants from discharging official duties) ,
505 (1) C (acts to incite or incite) Section 132 of the Indian Penal Code and the Civil Rights Act states that “every offense committed by members of any group or community against a social group”. After a video of a BJP candidate checking the identity cards of Muslim women and asking them to show their faces surfaced on social media, the district magistrate of Hyderabad and the district magistrate of Anudeep Durishetti is also the Returning Officer in Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency. Madhavi Latha is in direct competition with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who is seeking re-election for the fifth consecutive term.
