Hyderabad: The BJP leaders allegedly claiming offensive against AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi for his alleged remarks against Hindus and RSS but Karimnagar Police make clear that there was nothing objectionable or provocative in his recent public speech at Karimnagar in Telangana.
The Commissioner of Police VB Kamalasan Reddy in a statement said that legal experts had examined the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader’s speech video and the speech transcript before arriving at the conclusion. In such a scenario, there would not be any case registered against the Chandrayangutta MLA, Commissioner said.
The complaint was lodged by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district president B Satyanarayana. The Commissioner of Police also appealed to people from all sections to maintain peace in light of these findings and cooperate with the police.
Further Akbaruddin Owaisi issued a statement on Friday saying that he has not said anything unpleasant. In a public meeting, Akbaruddin Owaisi accused RSS members for killing the Muslims in the mob lynching incidents across the country. Warning them, he recalled his infamous ’15 minute ‘speech from 2013. In this regard many leaders of BJP and its allies filed a Police complaint against AIMIM leader.
“I recently gave a speech in Karimnagar, I did not make any objectionable or illegal statement in it, I did not hurt the sentiments of any community. However, some people who, with a secret purpose for political gains are indistinct my statements for their own interest, said Akbaruddin Owaisi in his statement.
Meanwhile, on Friday, two more complaints were lodged at Saidabad and Sultan Bazar police stations. While Saidabad police have made an entry in their general diary, Sultan Bazar police have said they will seek legal opinion to decide their next move. In the complaint lodged with Sultan Bazar police, complainant S Kailash said that Owaisi had recalled his old ’15 minutes hate speech’ at Karimnagar. In his controversial remark made in 2013, Akbaruddin Owaisi had said that if police is removed for 15 minutes, “we (Muslims) will finish 100 crore Hindus”. Kailash had noted Owaisi was jailed for these comments and cases were pending in court. The BJP Telangana’s chief spokesperson Krishna Sagar Rao said Owaisi was creating ‘disturbances’ with his divisive politics.
The Commissioner of Police VB Kamalasan Reddy said as a matter of abundant precaution, the department had recorded on video Akbaruddin’s entire speech and using the services of translation experts, had a transcript prepared. These two were then placed before legal experts for their opinion. Following their advice that there was no evidence of offending comments from the AIMIM leader, the police will not be taking any further action in this manner, he said.
