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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

IANS Published : Jan 09, 2013 8:24 IST, Updated : Jan 09, 2013 19:42 IST


In another development, a court in Warangal district Wednesday directed police to book the MIM leader. The direction came on a petition by a lawyer.

Meanwhile, the situation in the old city of Hyderabad, an MIM stronghold, remained tense but peaceful.

For the second consecutive day, most of the shops and business establishments around the historic Charminar and other Muslim-majority areas remained closed.

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