Hate speech case: MIM’s Owaisi put behind bars for 14 days
10 Jan 2013 7:26 AM IST
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was on Wednesday sent to judicial custody for 14 days on charges of delivering a hate speech.
After questioning the legislator through the night, police produced him early Wednesday before a magistrate in Nirmal town in Adilabad district, about 200 km from here.
The MIM leader was then shifted to the district jail in Adilabad town.
A police petition seeking his seven-day custody for further questioning will come up for hearing later Wednesday.
Akbar’s lawyer moved a petition seeking his transfer to Chanchalguda Jail in Hyderabad on health grounds.
Akbar was arrested in Hyderabad on Tuesday evening after subjecting him to medical tests through the day at the government-run Gandhi Hospital.
He was brought to Nirmal town amid tight security at 10 p.m.
Police officers continued questioning him till 5 am. and later produced him before the magistrate.
Akbar was booked by police in Nirmal in connection with a venomous speech delivered by him in the town Dec 22 at a public meeting.
The young leader faces charges of waging or attempting to wage war against the state, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, and for deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings.
After the questioning Tuesday night, police added charges under five more sections of Indian Penal Code.
He is facing similar charges in Nizamabad town. Police in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and other districts also booked cases against him on complaints by activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its frontal organisations.
Owaisi was arrested on Tuesday after medical tests declared him fit to sit through extensive police enquiry.
PETITION TO REMOVE SPEECHES FROM YOUTUBE DISMISSED
Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to YouTube to remove controversial speeches of MIM leader Owaisi from the popular website.
A division bench comprising Sanjay Kumar and L Narasimha Reddy said the court cannot interfere as the matter relates to freedom of expression. The court advised the petitioner to move the YouTube office in New York, if he had any objection to the site's content.
J V S Rama Rao, an advocate, had filed the petition. He claimed that the circulation of the alleged hate speeches over YouTube might create law and order problems.
After questioning the legislator through the night, police produced him early Wednesday before a magistrate in Nirmal town in Adilabad district, about 200 km from here.
The MIM leader was then shifted to the district jail in Adilabad town.
A police petition seeking his seven-day custody for further questioning will come up for hearing later Wednesday.
Akbar’s lawyer moved a petition seeking his transfer to Chanchalguda Jail in Hyderabad on health grounds.
Akbar was arrested in Hyderabad on Tuesday evening after subjecting him to medical tests through the day at the government-run Gandhi Hospital.
He was brought to Nirmal town amid tight security at 10 p.m.
Police officers continued questioning him till 5 am. and later produced him before the magistrate.
Akbar was booked by police in Nirmal in connection with a venomous speech delivered by him in the town Dec 22 at a public meeting.
The young leader faces charges of waging or attempting to wage war against the state, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, and for deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings.
After the questioning Tuesday night, police added charges under five more sections of Indian Penal Code.
He is facing similar charges in Nizamabad town. Police in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and other districts also booked cases against him on complaints by activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its frontal organisations.
Owaisi was arrested on Tuesday after medical tests declared him fit to sit through extensive police enquiry.
PETITION TO REMOVE SPEECHES FROM YOUTUBE DISMISSED
Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to YouTube to remove controversial speeches of MIM leader Owaisi from the popular website.
A division bench comprising Sanjay Kumar and L Narasimha Reddy said the court cannot interfere as the matter relates to freedom of expression. The court advised the petitioner to move the YouTube office in New York, if he had any objection to the site's content.
J V S Rama Rao, an advocate, had filed the petition. He claimed that the circulation of the alleged hate speeches over YouTube might create law and order problems.
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