AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has claimed that his life is under threat and alleged that 11 people from different parts of the country had arrived in Hyderabad to "kill" him.
Addressing a public meeting on Friday, Akbaruddin said he had received "threat" letters and phone calls from some people, saying that they would kill him.
"Again they are telling they will kill...I got letters and phone calls that Akbar Owaisi... We will kill you.
He claimed that he came to know from reports that 11 people from Banaras, Allahabad and Karnataka have arrived in the city to kill him.
"I am ready to die. I am ready to take a bullet on my chest and not on my back," Akbaruddin , who is contesting from Chandrayangutta Assembly constituency here for the December 7 assembly polls, said.
He recalled the April 30, 2011 incident when he was attacked by a group of people here with sharp weapons and firearms near the MIM office at Barkas and said he had survived, despite being shot thrice.
"I was not killed despite being hit by three bullets.Will your bullets kill me?" the younger brother of AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, said.