Hate speech row: Akbaruddin Owaisi to surrender, announces his brother at rally

Andhra Pradesh politician Akbaruddin
Owaisi, who has been booked in three
different cases for making alleged
inflammatory speeches, will surrender
once he returns from London, his brother,
Asaduddin Owaisi, said in a rally tonight.
"My brother will not run away from the
law," Asaduddin Owaisi, a Member of
Parliament, said at a rally in Old Eidgah at
Tandur, 150 km from Hyderabad.
"We are not against Hindus. We are
against the BJP and Kiran Kumar Reddy,"
he said. Mr Reddy is the Chief Minister of
the Congress government in Andhra
Pradesh. Mr Owaisi's MIM withdrew
support from Mr Reddy's government last
year.
Akbaruddin Owaisi, who is a MIM
legislator, has been booked in two first
information reports for allegedly using
inflammatory language against a particular
community during public speeches last
month. Mr Owaisi was directed to appear
before the police in Adilabad district on
January 7 and in Nizambad town on
January 8.
The legislator from Chandrayangutta is
reportedly in London for treatment.