Lok Sabha MP and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s home in Delhi’s Ashoka Road area was vandalised on Tuesda...
Lok Sabha MP and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s home in Delhi’s Ashoka Road area was vandalised on Tuesday evening.
The police have detained five men in connection with the incident, according to The Indian Express. The accused persons are reportedly associated with Hindutva group Hindu Sena.
“They said they heard Owaisi’s recent speeches and believed he had made ‘anti-Hindu’ remarks,” an unidentified senior police officer told The Indian Express.
The men who vandalised Owaisi’s home were angry about his comments, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav said. He added that the accused persons were being questioned.
Owaisi said that the men were armed with sticks and axes and pelted stones at his home.
आज कुछ उग्रवादी गुंडों ने मेरे दिल्ली के मकान पर तोड़-फोड़ की।इनकी बुज़दिली के चर्चे तो वैसे ही आम हैं।हमेशा की तरह, इनकी वीरता सिर्फ़ झुंड में ही दिखाई देती है।वक्त भी ऐसा चुना जब मैं घर पर नहीं था। गुंडों के हाथों में कुल्हाड़ियाँ और लकड़ियाँ थीं, घर पर पत्थर बाज़ी की गयी। 1/n pic.twitter.com/bwIAdnt43S
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) September 21, 2021
“Their cowardice is well-known and as usual they came in a mob, not alone,” the Lok Sabha MP tweeted. “They also chose a time when I was not home.”
Owaisi claimed that the men shouted communal slogans outside his house and threatened...
