The city police decided to relax curfew from 6 am to 6 pm on April 8th in all of 25 police stations in the city.
At the same time, the traffic supervision in the curfew hit areas is increased. No violent incidents took place at the time of the relaxation hours on April 7th . With the steady expansion of relaxation hours, police officials said the situation will be well monitored and a decision on relaxing the curfew completely will be taken soon.
The Hyderabad Commissioner of Police A K Khan delivered the statement that the curfew imposed in the old city will be relaxed. The police imprisoned 39 more persons in connection with the communal disturbances of the Old City area. With this the number of arrests reached 204. A K Khan also said that history sheets and suspect sheets will be filed on the arrested persons.