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AP government gives permission to prosecute MIM leader

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government gave permission to prosecute All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Chandrayangutta MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi today, in a 2004 case for an alleged hate speech.Chandrayangutta MLA Akbaruddin had allegedly made “communally inciting speeches”

“The Government of Andhra Pradesh hereby accords sanction for prosecution of the accused for offences punished under Section 153-A,” the order said.

Akbaruddin, was earlier booked suo motu by police in Adilabad and Nizamabad II Town police, besides in Hyderabad and other parts of Andhra Pradesh, for allegedly delivering provocative speeches against a particular community at Nizamabad and Nirmal in December 2012.

Akbaruddin, was subsequently arrested by Nirmal police from Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad on January 8 last year (2013), and was sent to judicial custody and later granted bail.

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