Akbaruddin Owaisi returns from London

HYDERABAD: MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi returned to the country from London on Monday morning, according to Times Now.

According to TV reports, MIM activists were present in large numbers to give a rousing reception to the firebrand leader at the airport.

Police had made elaborate bandobust arranagments for Owaisi's return to the city.

Owaisi is likely to appeal before the Nirmal police later in the day.

The Nirmal police had summoned the MLA to appear before them on January 7 in relation to a case booked against him for the hate speech delivered there during a public meeting on December 24. Akbaruddin is likely to obey the summons.

As a precautionary measure, the Nirmal Town police have imposed Section 144 (prohibit assembly of five or more persons) of the Criminal Procedure Court from 6am to 6pm on Monday. As a convoy of 30 to 40 vehicles is likely to follow Akbaruddin Owaisi's vehicle to Nirmal, commissioners and SPs of Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nizamabad and Adilabad have been told to remain on high alert from Sunday night.

Police would also beef up security at the Nampally court premises on Monday as two separate petitions related to hate speeches of Akbaruddin and Togadia would come up for hearing on Monday. Hyderabad police and their counterparts in Ranga Reddy, Nizamabad and Adilabad have been asked to remain on alert and intercept private vehicles following Owaisi's vehicle wherever possible.