Owaisi Convoy Attack: HM Amit Shah Briefs RS, Urges AIMIM Chief To Accept Z-Category Security

This come as the AIMIM chief, who had after the incident alleged that it could be a big conspiracy, has rejected the Z-category security.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (File Photos/ Getty)

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing row over the attack on All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s car last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday urged the Hyderabad MP to accept the offer of Z-category security cover from the Centre.

“The Home Ministry took report from the state government immediately. On basis of earlier inputs from the central security agencies, the Centre had ordered to provide him security. But due to his unwillingness to avail security, Delhi and Telangana Police’s efforts to provide him security didn't succeed,” said Shah in the Rajya Sabha, ANI reported.

This come as the AIMIM chief, who had after the incident alleged that it could be a big conspiracy, has rejected the Z-category security.

Earlier on Friday, the two accused arrested for firing at the AIMIM chief’s car were sent to 14-day judicial custody.

The first attacker was reportedly hit by the driver of Owaisi’s car and was later arrested by the police from the spot, while the other accused surrendered in a police station in Ghaziabad.

Earlier on Thursday evening, around three to four rounds of bullets were fired upon Owaisi’s vehicle near Chhajarsi toll plaza on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.

The AIMIM chief, who was heading to Delhi after an election-related event at Kithaur in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, however, escaped unhurt.

“Bullets were fired on my vehicle near Chhajarsi toll plaza. Four rounds were fired. There were three-four people, all of them fled leaving behind the weapon on the scene. My vehicle got punctured, but I left from there in another vehicle. We are all safe,” Owaisi tweeted in Hindi after the incident.