Hyderabad, February 9 AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi lodged a complaint with the city police on Monday, seeking criminal action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a now-deleted video purportedly shared on social media.
The video, which was posted by the Assam BJP on 'X' and later removed, allegedly showed Sarma aiming with a rifle and firing at two individuals – one wearing a skullcap and the other sporting a beard – with the caption "point-blank shot."
In a post on 'X', the Hyderabad MP said, "Unfortunately, genocidal hate speech has become a norm."
In his complaint, Owaisi accused Sarma of "deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of Muslims," promote enmity between the two religious communities, and "make imputations prejudicial to national integration."