<p>Hyderabad: A controversy erupted in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/tirumala">Tirumala</a> on Thursday when a man was spotted offering namaz while wearing a Hazrat cap at the Purohit Sangham area.</p>.<p>Eyewitnesses said the man prayed for over 10 minutes.</p>.<p>The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) vigilance team has launched an investigation to identify the man. They are using CCTV footage and the vehicle’s registration number to track him down.</p>.Naxalism's pan-India expansion owes much to its Telugu leadership.<p>According to TTD sources, the man (a driver) had come to Tirumala accompanying Hindu devotees from Tamil Nadu and offered namaz.</p>.<p>“The man visited Tirumala with Hindu devotees. When he inquired with a local person whether he could offer namaz at that location, the local person agreed, and he proceeded to pray.</p>.<p>“The same local person reportedly filmed the man praying on his mobile phone and circulated the video,” said a TTD source.</p>.<p><strong>YSRCP conspiracy: BJP</strong></p>.<p>The BJP has condemned the incident and alleged a conspiracy by the YSRCP.</p>.<p>“To create unrest and communal tensions, we strongly suspect the YSRCP provoked the man to offer namaz, going against the sentiments of Hindus. I urge the police to book the man and also charge the YSRCP cadre who advised him to perform namaz,” TTD board member and BJP leader G Bhanu Prakash Reddy told DH.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: A controversy erupted in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/tirumala">Tirumala</a> on Thursday when a man was spotted offering namaz while wearing a Hazrat cap at the Purohit Sangham area.</p>.<p>Eyewitnesses said the man prayed for over 10 minutes.</p>.<p>The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) vigilance team has launched an investigation to identify the man. They are using CCTV footage and the vehicle’s registration number to track him down.</p>.Naxalism's pan-India expansion owes much to its Telugu leadership.<p>According to TTD sources, the man (a driver) had come to Tirumala accompanying Hindu devotees from Tamil Nadu and offered namaz.</p>.<p>“The man visited Tirumala with Hindu devotees. When he inquired with a local person whether he could offer namaz at that location, the local person agreed, and he proceeded to pray.</p>.<p>“The same local person reportedly filmed the man praying on his mobile phone and circulated the video,” said a TTD source.</p>.<p><strong>YSRCP conspiracy: BJP</strong></p>.<p>The BJP has condemned the incident and alleged a conspiracy by the YSRCP.</p>.<p>“To create unrest and communal tensions, we strongly suspect the YSRCP provoked the man to offer namaz, going against the sentiments of Hindus. I urge the police to book the man and also charge the YSRCP cadre who advised him to perform namaz,” TTD board member and BJP leader G Bhanu Prakash Reddy told DH.</p>