Telangana Court Acquits AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi in Hate Speech Case

A court here on Wednesday acquitted AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi in the “hate speech” cases registered against him a decade ago. Special Sessions Court for the trial of MPs/MLAs.

Akbaruddin Owaisi, the floor leader of AIMIM in the Telangana Assembly, facing cases for his alleged hate speeches, was present in the court when the verdict on his acquittal was pronounced.

Akbaruddin, the younger brother of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, was booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for making “hateful” speeches in which he allegedly But inflammatory and derogatory language was used against him. a community.

He allegedly made the objectionable remarks during his public speeches given in Nizamabad in Telangana on December 8, 2012 and in Nirmal town on December 22, 2012. He was arrested and later released on bail. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) investigated the Nizamabad case and filed a charge sheet in 2016, while the district police probing the Nirmal case also submitted the chargesheet in the same year.