Police have taken the MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi into their custody, following court’s permission to question him.
Police have called doctors of the RIMS hospital to the jail for a health check up. Akbar was later shifted to the police headquarters for questioning.
The court directed the police not to use third degree methods and also not to handcuff him. The court also permitted lawyers of the MIM MLA to be present during the questioning. By evening police would return Akbar to the jail and resume questioning on Sunday morning. The same procedure would be followed every day during the police custody. On January 17, he would be produced before the court.