All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen President and MP Asaduddin Owaisi and several other leaders of the party were on Thursday acquitted by the Sangareddy in the 2005 case related to the demolition of a mosque at Muttangi in Medak district.
Others who were acquitted of various charges including rioting, indulging in violence and preventing public servants from discharging their duties include MIM floor leader in the State Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi and party MlAs Mumtaz Ahmad Khan and Syed Ahmad Pasha Quadri.
The cases were booked against the MIM leaders when they staged protest and blocked the traffic on the national highway following the demolition of the mosque by the local administration causing widespread anger and unrest among the local people.
Welcoming the court verdict Asaduddin Owaisi demanded an apology from the Congress party which was in power in the State at the time of the demolition of the mosque.
“Will Congress leaders have courtesy to apologise now for the allowing the demolition of the mosque without following the due course of law”, he asked. He said that the Congress government was responsible for foisting the false cases on him and his party leaders.