Owaisi faces charges of sedition, waging war

MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, arrested for giving a hate speech, faces five other charges including sedition and waging war against government.

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, sent to jail today for a hate speech, is facing serious charges ranging from sedition to waging war against the government.

Akbaruddin Owaisi (File pic)

Police in Nirmal town, which booked the legislator January 3 under two sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), added five more charges before producing him at a magistrate's house early today.

Police had initially booked the legislator for promoting enmity between different groups and doing acts prejudicial to harmony as well as waging or attempting to wage war against the state.

The latter charge carries death sentence or life imprisonment.

Akbar, a member of Andhra Pradesh assembly, now faces five other charges - criminal conspiracy, sedition, threatening people to give false evidence, doing public mischief and disobeying official orders.
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