HYDERABAD : Six persons were arrested on Thursday in connection with the December 6 Old City riots that left six persons dead and over 25 injured.

The arrested have been identified as Anwar Ahmed, Shaik Aqeel, Imran Khan, Mohammed Mohsin, Shaik Arif and MA Jabbar, all residents of Gowlipura in the Old City and aged between 17 and 26 years. The total number of rioters arrested so far has gone up to 23 following Thursday’s arrests.

Police said that trouble makers sabotaged four electric transformers and resorted to violence. Other accused involved in the riots are absconding and efforts are on to arrest them, police said.

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