Several political parties have strongly condemned Owaisi's remarks, accusing him of using inflammatory and derogatory language in his speech while addressing a public meeting (MIM Jalsa) at Nirmal town of Adilabad district last month.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court heard the application of Kashimshetty Karunasagar, a practising advocate, who claimed he was being threatened over phone since he filed the complaint against Akbaruddin and requested the court to hear the case directly.
The court posted the matter for hearing tomorrow when it will deliver its order on whether to direct the police to file an FIR against Akbaruddin over the provocative speech, as alleged by the petitioner, or should it take direct cognisance of the offence and issue summons.
Karunasagar had filed a complaint on December 28 in the court seeking registration of a case against Akbaruddin under Section 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) and other relevant sections of the IPC.
In Delhi, social activist Shabnam Hashmi today filed a complaint against Owaisi for his "highly objectionable and inflammatory" speech.
Hashmi filed the complaint in Parliament Street police station drawing the attention to the speech of Owaisi made on December 24.
In her complaint, she alleged that "the whole speech is highly objectionable, inflammatory" and against country's cultural heritage.(MORE)
