By TwoCircles.netStaff Reporter,
Hyderabad: Akbaruddin Owaisi, through his lawyer, has asked the Investigation Officer at Nirmal Police station to grant him four days’ time to appear at the police station.
Akbaruddin Owaisi, who arrived from London after medical treatment in the morning at 3:30 am was scheduled to meet IO today afternoon at Nirmal station in Adilabad district in the case registered against him for his alleged hate speech in the town.
Mohammed Azeemuddin, Owaisi’s counsel, asked the police for four more days’ time on the ground of medical treatment. Akbaruddin Owaisi has survived an assassination attempt on him by his rivals over a land dispute one year back, and since then is undergoing constant medical treatments.
Nirmal police, apart from sec 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, language etc. and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), has also booked Owaisi under sec 121 (waging the war against the state).
Akbaruddin Owaisi is also being served notice to present himself before the Nizamabad town police station on January 8, that is tomorrow and Osmania University police station on January 10, where he is booked under sec 295A and 153A. But going by his today’s skip of police meet in Adilabad district, it is unlikely that he will respond to the notices of other two police stations on prescribed date.
Nirmal police has not yet accepted Owaisi’s request and matter is posted to the higher state police officials for the consideration. State Police is under pressure from political parties and from national and local media, to act against Akbaruddin Owaisi quickly and decisively.
Some news sources are suggesting that as Nirmal police has booked a serious case against him under sec 121, he could be arrested and can be forcefully shifted to Nirmal station. Already police has clamped sec 144 in Nirmal town, and movement of public is restricted after 7 pm in the evening.
BJP has already called a bandh in Nirmal town and is ready to protest against Owaisi whenever he will arrive in Nirmal.