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Telangana Communal Violence: Communal tensions erupted in Telangana's Asifabad on Wednesday, with an agitated mob attacking the commercial establishments during the agitation. The protest was held after an auto-rickshaw driver allegedly sexually assaulted a tribal woman in the region. According to News18, quoting Telangana Today, over 5,000 gathered in Jainoor as part of the call given by the tribal organisations condemning the crime. According to News 18, the protestors set the commercial establishments on fire, pelted stones on several religious structures, which turned into a communal conflict in the region.

Meanwhile, news agency IANS reported that the police rushed additional forces to the town and stepped up security to stop further violence. Earlier, police arrested an autorickshaw driver for allegedly molesting a woman. The incident took place on August 31 after the woman, standing at a bus station to go to a nearby village, boarded an autorickshaw. After covering some distance, the accused tried to molest her. When the victim raised an alarm, the autorickshaw driver hit her on the head with a heavy object. 

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After the woman fell unconscious, the accused escaped after leaving her on the road. Some passersby presumed it to be an accident and shifted the woman to a hospital. She was later taken to RIMS Hospital in Adilabad.

According to news agency IANS, the woman, who regained consciousness on September 2, narrated the incident to the family members. A complaint was lodged with the local police, and the accused was arrested. 

Meanwhile, people staged a protest in the town and demanded capital punishment for the accused.  Some of the protesters indulged in violence, targeting properties of a particular community.

AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi spoke to Director General of Police Jitender and demanded that the police deal firmly with those taking the law into their hands. Talking to mediapersons, Owaisi said the DGP assured him that he was monitoring the situation and sending additional forces to the town. The MP appealed for peace. He urged the state government to not allow anyone to take the law into their own hands.

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"We demand that police take action and arrest all those who are indulging in violence. The supremacy of the rule of law should be there," he said.

(With input from agencies)