Hyderabad, Sept. 19 -- Protests were held in Hyderabad after Friday prayers, September 19, in Nampally Public Garden, after an FIR was registered against over 20 people in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, for putting up "I Love Muhammad" boards during the Milad-un-Nabi celebrations.

The FIR was registered by the Kanpur police on September 9 against nine named and 15 unidentified individuals, with the police calling it a "new trend."

The authorities had alleged it was a deliberate provocation to disturb communal harmony.

Led by Hafiz Syed Kazim Hussain Quadri, with groups of youth, the demonstrators were seen at Public Garden, Yakutpura Chowni Nader Ali Baig, and other places in the city, condemning the police action against Milad Un Nabi celebra...