BJP launches signature campaign seeking Owaisi’s arrest

Telangana BJP on Wednesday launched a signature campaign at Dilsukh Nagar against terrorism, demanding the arrest of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

Telangana BJP on Wednesday launched a signature campaign at Dilsukh Nagar against terrorism, demanding the arrest of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who has been booked for sedition over his statement that he would extend legal aid to the five people arrested by the NIA for allegedly being part of an Islamic State module.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has been booked for sedition over his statement that he would extend legal aid to the five people arrested by the NIA for allegedly being part of an Islamic State module. (PTI File)

Telangana unit BJP president and MLA K Laxman and senior party leaders addressed the gathering in the area.

Sources said the party expects to collect one lakh signatures.

A case of sedition under section 124A of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the Hyderabad MP by Saroor Nagar police here on July 15 in a court-referred matter following a private complaint filed by a practising advocate K Karuna Sagar.

Sagar had stated in his complaint that “the stand of Owaisi and his remarks is boosting the morale of anti-nationals and giving oxygen to terrorists”.

The NIA had arrested five people and detained six others, including a techie, after conducting searches at different locations in the old city area last month.