 The Dergue, which was not formal then (Emperor Haile Selassie was removed officially 6 days latter) turn its face to the urban people and caused mass arrest of the business community and the scholars in the towns of Gelemso, Baddessa, Mechara, Boke and Balbaleti.From among those detainees, eight people were taken to the city of Harar to be tried by the Harerghe Province Higher Military Court.The detainees were, in addition to Meyra, Muttaqii Sheikh Mohammed Rashid (a brother of Ahmad Taqi ), Ahmed Al-Hadi Hussein (brother of Mohammed Zakir Meyra), Mohammed Beker, Nejash Usmael, Usmael Ahmayyu, Amino Abdurahman (a.k.a.