New Delhi: A day after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi was fired upon by a group of people while he was returning from an election campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the government on Friday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will give a detailed reply on the incident in Parliament on February 7.
"On 7th February, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will give a detailed reply in Parliament on the incident of firing on AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi's car in Uttar Pradesh," news agency ANI reported.
On Thursday evening, the Hyderabad MP's car was allegedly fired upon in Hapur while he was returning to Delhi after attending election-related events in western Uttar Pradesh.
Soon after the attack, Owaisi took to Twitter and said that his vehicle was near the Chhijarsi toll plaza on the Hapur-Ghaziabad stretch of the National Highway 24 when the incident took place at around 6 pm.
No one was injured in the incident, Owaisi said while urging the Election Commission (EC) to ensure an independent probe into the incident.
Meanwhile, the government today decided to provide 'Z' category security by commandos of the CRPF to prominent Muslim leader
Official sources told news agency PTI that Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandos will be deployed for the security of Owaisi round-the-clock.
Uttar Pradesh's Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar had said one person involved in the episode has been arrested and a pistol seized from him.