MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi seriously injured in attack

Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader and MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi was today seriously injured when four unidentified assailants fired at him in the old city area.

Akbaruddin's fellow legislator from Malakpet constituency, Ahmed Balala, was also injured in the attack in Chandrayanagutta area when the former about to leave in his vehicle after attending a programme in his constituency.

Land dispute was said to be the reason for the attack on Akbaruddin, who had been preventing land-grabbers from encroaching on valuable government land mostly in the old city area.

Soon after the incident, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy held a high-level meeting with Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy, Director General of Police K Aravinda Rao and Additional DGP (Intelligence) M Mahender Reddy and reviewed the situation. High alert has been issued in Old City.

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