Hyderabad, March 28 -- The All India Muslim Personal Law Board's (AIMPLB) call to Muslims to wear black arm bands as a mark of protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill while offering namaz on the occasion of Alvida Jumma drew significant response. Several people were seen wearing the arm bands while offering the Friday prayers in Lucknow, Hyderabad and other cities.

In Hydereabad AIMIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who is also part of the JPC on the Waqf bill, joined in the symbolic protest wearing a black arm band as he offered prayers on Friday.

Visuals from Hyderabad showed hundreds of people wearing black arm bands along with Owaisi while offering prayers. Ahead of the prayers, police personnel were also deployed in part...