By PTI
<p>Hyderabad, Jul 16 (PTI) The Telangana High Court has directed the authorities to provide protection to a man who was threatened by a group of people for opening a beauty parlour as he did not belong to the barber community.</p>
<p>The court on Tuesday also directed the police to investigate the case and take necessary action against those involved in it.</p>
<p>Feroz Khan, the petitioner, informed the court that he had opened a small men’s and women’s beauty parlour business on June 21, 2025 at Vikarabad town near Hyderabad and a group of about 60-70 people came to the parlour on the same day and started threatening him.</p>
<p>They said, "How dare you run a saloon shop being a non-Mangali’ (barber community)," and attacked him using "filthy language" and threatened with dire consequences, he told the court.</p>
<p>The petitioner further contended that no action had been taken though he had lodged a complaint with the police on the s