HYDERABAD: The number of corporators in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) council with criminal records has reduced from 30 to 25. While the newly elected civic body has 25 corporators with criminal charges against them, the outgoing council, whose members were elected in 2016, had 30 members with criminal background.
The most severe of cases against corporators in the newly elected body is under IPC Section 33, a non-bailable offense, involving MIM’s Mustafa Ali who, if convicted, could face 10 years in jail and fine for grievously hurting a public servant discharging his duties.
As per an analysis of the Forum for Good Governance (FGG), among those elected in 2020 with criminal records, the highest 10 belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi has eight and MIM seven corporators with criminal charges in the 150-member council.
Corporators with criminal background include two women, one from BJP and the other from…