In Hyderabad, chaotic scenes were seen as protests erupted after the release of BJP MLA Raja Singh. Angry protesters swelled outside Dabeerpura police station and laid siege to the Hyderabad police commissioner’s office at Basheerbagh earlier in the day, prompting the administration to deploy quick-reaction and task force teams to prevent violence. Security was also beefed up around the Hindu residential pockets of Mangalhat and Dhoolpet in the old city. Police baton-charged protesters and supporters of the MLA who had gathered there to break the barricades. ‘Sar Tan se Juda’ slogans were also chanted by the mob after the release of the BJP MLA.