Defiant Owaisi refuses to cooperate with Police, sent back to judicial custody till Jan 22

New Delhi, Jan 16: The controversial MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi is believed to have completely refused to cooperate with Andhra Pradesh Police and an unhappy and frustrated Police has allowed the court to send him back to judicial custody today, one day before the completion of his five-day police custody. According to a senior police official, Owaisi did not cooperate during interrogation and it has been conveyed to the court. The police simply recorded his statement and sent him back to judicial custody. It should be recalled that Akbaruddin Owaisi was arrested on charges of sedition and making hate speeches on Jan 8. According to reliable sources, Owaisi told his interrogators that the voice recorded in CDs was not his and that it was doctored to tarnish his image. Akbaruddin is an MLA of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly and is the floor leader of 7-member All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) party. He is the brother of firebrand MP and MIM president Asauddin Owaisi and son of ex-MP Salahuddin Owaisi. In December 2012, he made a number of inflammatory speeches aimed against Hindu community at different places of Andhra Pradesh. Cases have been lodged against his hate speeches in Adilabad, Nizamabad and Hyderabad courts for attempting to wage war against Government of India, promoting enmity between groups and insulting religious feelings or beliefs. Speaking in ‘Nirmal' town of Adilabad district, Akbaruddin had said on Dec 24 last year, “the population of your Hindustan is 1 billion, while we Muslims are 250 million. Muslims of India would need only 15 minutes without the police to show the Hindus of India who is more powerful - the Hindustan of 1 billion or the 250 million Muslims." Speaking at a public rally in Nizamabad on Dec 12 last year, Akbaruddin had made derogatory remarks against Hindu goddess Bhagyalakshmi .Akbaruddin said, “who is Bhagyalakshmi, never heard of her. Shout slogans such that the Bhagya also shakes and Lakshmi also falls down." The crowd responded by shouting slogans of Allahu Akbar. Akbaruddin went to London for his medical checkup after delivering all these hate speeches and returned to India on January 7. He was arrested on Jan 8. Owaisi was produced before the magistrate in wee hours today at Nirmal, about 80 kms from here, and sent back to Adilabad district jail. He will be in judicial custody till January 22, police said.