‘Hate speech’ case: MIM leader Owaisi arrested
9 Jan 2013 7:02 AM IST
Amidst high drama, MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who is facing multiple cases for his alleged ‘hate speech’, was on Tuesday arrested after medical tests in a government hospital here, a day after his arrival from London.
Owaisi, who was subjected to medical examination at the Gandhi Hospital here for his fitness status, was straightaway taken under high security in a convoy of cars to Nirmal in Adilabad district, more than 200 km from here.
Security was also tightened along the route to Nirmal in the Telangana region of the state.
42-year-old Owaisi, the floor leader of his party in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is expected to be produced before a court in Nirmal in connection with the registration of a case against him for alleged provocative speeches regarding the disputed Bhagyalakshmi shrine in the Charminar area.
Complaints have been filed against him in regard to the same speeches in various police stations in Hyderabad and other parts of the state.
On medical grounds, Owaisi had sought four days time to appear before the police which had booked him under various sections of the IPC in Nizamabad and Osmania University police here for the alleged ‘hate speeches’.
As he failed to appear before the police, the Investigating Officer of Nirmal (Rural) Police A Raghu visited Owaisi’s house in Banjara Hills here last evening and found that he looked fit to face questioning, according to police sources.
However, Owaisi complained of ‘internal pain’. Police took him to Gandhi hospital and was subjected to medical examination by government doctors.
OLD HYD TENSE AFTER ARREST, SECURITY UPPED
A tense atmosphere prevailed in the old city of Hyderabad following the arrest of Akbaruddin Owaisi for allegedly making hate speeches. The usually busy markets around the historic Charminar wore a near-deserted look as shopkeepers downed shutters after word spread about Akbar Owaisi’s arrest.
Shops and business establishments were also shutdown voluntarily in the many parts of communally-sensitive old city. Police sounded an alert in areas under the limits of 15 police stations in the old city. Armed policemen from the state forces and the central paramilitary forces were deployed.
Owaisi, who was subjected to medical examination at the Gandhi Hospital here for his fitness status, was straightaway taken under high security in a convoy of cars to Nirmal in Adilabad district, more than 200 km from here.
Security was also tightened along the route to Nirmal in the Telangana region of the state.
42-year-old Owaisi, the floor leader of his party in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is expected to be produced before a court in Nirmal in connection with the registration of a case against him for alleged provocative speeches regarding the disputed Bhagyalakshmi shrine in the Charminar area.
Complaints have been filed against him in regard to the same speeches in various police stations in Hyderabad and other parts of the state.
On medical grounds, Owaisi had sought four days time to appear before the police which had booked him under various sections of the IPC in Nizamabad and Osmania University police here for the alleged ‘hate speeches’.
As he failed to appear before the police, the Investigating Officer of Nirmal (Rural) Police A Raghu visited Owaisi’s house in Banjara Hills here last evening and found that he looked fit to face questioning, according to police sources.
However, Owaisi complained of ‘internal pain’. Police took him to Gandhi hospital and was subjected to medical examination by government doctors.
OLD HYD TENSE AFTER ARREST, SECURITY UPPED
A tense atmosphere prevailed in the old city of Hyderabad following the arrest of Akbaruddin Owaisi for allegedly making hate speeches. The usually busy markets around the historic Charminar wore a near-deserted look as shopkeepers downed shutters after word spread about Akbar Owaisi’s arrest.
Shops and business establishments were also shutdown voluntarily in the many parts of communally-sensitive old city. Police sounded an alert in areas under the limits of 15 police stations in the old city. Armed policemen from the state forces and the central paramilitary forces were deployed.
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