Cops dig out old cases to ensnare Akbaruddin

Hyderabad/Adilabad:
The Kiran Kumar Reddy government appears to have decided to go after MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi in full zeal. As an indication of this, the Medak police stepped up the gas on Wednesday and sought custody of the MLA to quiz him over an old case dating back to 2005. Based on a petition filed by the Sangareddy police on January 11, a local court in Medak on Wednesday directed that Akbaruddin be produced before it on January 17. Accordingly, a Medak police team armed with a PT (Prisoner Transfer) left for Adilabad on Wednesday to take custody of him. Akbaruddin was sent back to judicial custody in Adilabad in the early hours of Wednesday after five days of custody with the Nirmal cops.
    In the meantime, a local court in Nizamabad directed the cops to produce Akbaruddin before it on or before January 19 regarding a hate speech that he allegedly delivered in Nizamabad town on December 8, last year. In Anantapur, the local police is preparing to seek custody of Akbaruddin to quiz him about an alleged hate speech he delivered in the district on December 18, 2012. Following the alleged speech, the Anantapur II Town police station registered a case under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between two groups) and 121 of the IPC against Akbaruddin on January 5, 2013. Apart from these, Hyderabad cops of Mangalhat, Tappachaputra, Vanasthalipuram, Kushaiguda and Osmania University police stations are either preparing reports on the directive of courts and readying to seek his custody. This follows cases being registered against the MIM MLA. Akbar moves bail petition Cops To Produce Akbar Today In Patancheru Court
Hyderabad/Adilabad: “If the cops have their way, then Akbaruddin will have to keep answering charges at various places one after the other,” said police officials, hinting that the sudden zeal shown by the police could not have been without a ‘directive’ from the state government.
    The case before Sangareddy police pertains to an incident that took place in 2005 when district officials led by then collector Anil Kumar Singhal were removing encroachments that included a place of worship in Muttangi in Patancheru area of Medak district. At this time MIM leaders including Asaduddin, Akbaruddin, Afsar Khan, Pasha Qadri and Mozam Khan allegedly obstructed and pushed the collector aside. Following complaints filed by the district administration, the Patancheru police registered cases under 295 A (hurting religious sentiments) 147 (punishment for rioting), 290 (punishment for public nuisance), 184 (obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant), 341(punishment for wrongful restraint) and 506 (intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused.
    The Owaisi brothers appeared before the court once in 2009 since they were contesting the elections, but did not do so after that. Later, the police issued non-bailable warrants against Asaduddin and Akbaruddin but did not execute them. Now, two years later, the Medak police on January 11 decided to press charges against Akbaruddin. Medak superintendent of police G Vijay Kumar told TOI on Wednesday that following the court directive, Akbaruddin will be produced in a local court in Patancheru on January 17 and that a police team has left for Adilabad to bring the accused. “We moved the petition only against Akbaruddin since an NBW is pending against him,” Vijay Kumar said. When questioned about Asaduddin, who is also allegedly facing NBW in the same case, Vijay Kumar said: “As of now, we are focusing only on Akbaruddin.”
    Meanwhile, Akbaruddin’s advocates on Wednesday filed a bail petition for him in the Adilabad sessions court. The petition has been posted for hearing on January 24. On the other hand, the directions on two petitions filed - one by the Nirmal police seeking a date to record the voice sample of MLA to compare it with the voice recorded in CDs containing his hate speech - and another by Akbaruddin to be provided special category prisoner status – were posted to January 18 after hearing the argument from both sides.
    Stating that Akbaruddin had been unwell and even vomited during interrogation on January 14, the MLA’s advocates wanted the court to direct jail authorities to provide corporate medical treatment to him. Akbaruddin cooperated with the police team during the interrogation, they said and added that district superintendent of police, Sarvashresta Tripathi had also questioned Akbaruddin in three phases.