Hyderabad: The Majlis Bachao Tehreek party spokesperson, Amjedullah Khan, was placed under house arrest twice within five days by the Hyderabad police following his plans to visit Nizamabad and meet the family of Riyaz, who was killed in an ‘encounter’ on Monday.

The Nizamabad police had arrested Riyaz on 18th October in connection with a case of burglary. He was being taken to the police station on a bike when Riyaz stabbed a policeman with a knife, leading to his death.

He later escaped only to be caught by the police on Sunday. A welder, Mohd Asif, spotted him and tried to catch him when Riyaz attacked him with a knife in his attempt to escape.

He was overpowered by the police and taken to the police station. On Monday, Riyaz was taken to the hospital for a medical check-up when he

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