Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday urged AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi to accept the government’s security cover. Speaking on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Shah informed that Owaisi had no prescheduled event in the Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh where two men had fired shots on his car while returning to Delhi last week.”Two unidentified people had fired on Owaisi’s convoy. He came out safe but there were 3 bullet marks on lower portion of his vehicle,” the Home Minister said, adding that “the incident was witnessed by three witnesses. An FIR has been registered”.”No information about his movement was sent to District Control Room beforehand. After the incident, he reached Delhi safely,” Shah said.”Taking quick action two accused were arrested, two unauthorised pistols and an Alto car were recovered from them. Forensic team is doing a minute investigation of the car and the incident site, evidence being collected,” he said.The Home Ministry, he said that took a report from the state government immediately. On basis of earlier inputs from central security agencies, 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, Shah said.Shah said that the threat to Owaisi has been reassessed and a bulletproof vehicle and Z category security has been given to him. “But, as per verbal info by himself, he has refused to accept it. I request him to accept the security given to him by the Central government,” he said.
