Sajjanar Offers ‘Dhatti’ On The Occasion Of Muharram At ‘Bibi Ka Alawa’

Hyderabad: City police commissioner VC Sajjanar visited the historic Bibi Ka Alawa in Dabeerpura and offered traditional ‘dhatti’ and offered special prayers on Saturday. 10th Muharram will be celebrated on June 26. Sajjanar, along with MLC Mirza Riyaz-ul-Hassan Efendi, inaugurated the trial march of the elephant ‘Sridevi’, which will carry the alam on the 10th Muharram.

Sajjanar also inspected the security arrangements in coordination with senior officials and interacted with the parade organisers, seeking cooperation with the police. Senior officials Tafseer Iqbal, Khare Kiran, Vaibhav Raghunath Gaikwad and BK Rahul Hegde attended the programme.

Speaking to the media, Sajjanar said that the police were taking stringent measures to maintain law and order. He said 2,000 police personnel have been deployed for the ‘Bibi Ka Alam’ parade and traffic restrictions will be enforced along the parade route.

Sajjanar said the main purpose of Saturday’s ‘trial run’ was to make a ground-level assessment of the elephant’s behavior amidst the crowd, review the condition of the procession route and assess the need for any additional safety arrangements. He expressed optimism that the parade would be completed peacefully, reflecting the city’s unique cultural ethos of ‘Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb’.