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MIM MLA Akbar Owaisi sent to jail for 14 days

Hyderabad, Jan 9: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was Wednesday sent to judicial custody for 14 days on charges of delivering a hate speech.The Andhra Pradesh legislator faces charges including sedition and waging war



After the questioning Tuesday night, police added charges under five more sections of the Indian Penal Code.

He is facing similar charges in Nizamabad town.

Police in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and other districts also booked cases against him on complaints by activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its frontal organisations.