Hyderabad, April 18 -- The Afzalgunj police on Thursday booked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh for carrying out an authorised rally during the Sri Ram Navami procession a day earlier on April 17 without prior permission. The legislator, who sang Islamophobic songs as always, was booked under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for violating orders as he did not have permission.

The complaint against Raja Singh was lodged by P Ramakishan, a sub-inspector of police from the Afzalgunj police station. According to his complaint, Raja Singh carried out a rally at about 10:15 p.m. on April 17 from Mangalhat to Hanuman Vyamshala (under the Sultan Bazar police station limits).

According to the sub-inspector,...