All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has been booked on Wednesday for allegedly threatening and obstructing a police official from performing official duty, during the legislator’s election campaign, police said.
Akbaruddin Owaisi, the younger brother of AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, is seeking re-election from the Chandrayangutta seat
for the upcoming elections in Telangana. During a public meeting on Tuesday night, he addressed the crowd in the presence of the Station House Officer (SHO) of Santosh Nagar police station and other police officials who were on duty for security arrangements.
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When the SHO near the dais approached him, Owaisi “pointed out his finger” and asked the police official to leave from the place after being reportedly asked to stop his speech for allegedly exceeding the time limit of 10 pm as per the Model Code of Conduct for the election. In a video that went viral on social media, Akbaruddin Owaisi is seen moving towards the police official after telling him “Inspector saab I have a watch with me. Shall I give my watch to you. You leave (from here)”.
"Koi mai ka laal paida nahi hua mujhe rokne ke liye, ishaara kar diya to daudna padega"
— BALA (@erbmjha) November 22, 2023
Akbaruddin Owaisi threatens an on duty police officer to leave the spot. The officer had just asked him to conclude the rally on time as per the Model Code of Conduct. pic.twitter.com/6yMDhmNvHD
Akbaruddin Owaisi further said no one can stop him from speaking and if he signals (his supporters), then the police official would be forced to run away from the place. “Do you think that I have become weak after facing knives and bullets? I still have a lot of courage. There is still five minutes left and I will speak…No one can stop me. If I give a signal then you will have to run away…shall we make him run? They come to weaken us,” Akbaruddin Owaisi is heard saying in the video.
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— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2023
Akbaruddin has been booked under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different religious groups), 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
“We have registered an FIR against Akbaruddin Owaisi for threatening and obstructing a police official from performing his official duty,’’ said Santosh Nagar SHO P Shiva Chandra. Chandra said he had requested Akbaruddin to end the public meeting fearing it would stretch beyond the 10pm deadline.On a video in which Akbaruddin purportedly threatened an official during a poll, his brother Asaduddin Owaisi said, as per Election Commission rules they have permission to conduct the rally up to 10 PM. However, the official tried to stop the meeting before the deadline.
