NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday lodged a proper criticism with the Hyderabad metropolis police in search of felony motion towards Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over a now-deleted video that allegedly depicted him taking pictures at Muslims.“I’ve lodged an official criticism with CP Hyderabad Metropolis Police demanding felony motion towards Himanta Sarma for his (now deleted) violent video displaying him taking pictures Muslims. Sadly, genocidal hate speech has grow to be a norm,” Owaisi mentioned in a publish on X.In response to the criticism addressed to the Hyderabad commissioner of police, Owaisi alleged that Sarma has, over time, made repeated statements concentrating on the Muslim neighborhood via social media, print media and public speeches. He claimed that these statements had intensified in latest months with the intent to “outrage the non secular emotions of Muslims” and promote enmity between non secular communities.The criticism particularly refers to a video posted on the official X deal with of the Assam Bharatiya Janata Get together on February 7, 2026, which was taken down the next day however continues to flow into on different social media platforms. Owaisi alleged that the video portrayed Sarma armed with a firearm and aiming it at people “very clearly depicted as Muslims,” accompanied by phrases reminiscent of “Level clean shot” and “No Mercy.”Owaisi argued that the imagery and language used within the video amounted to a “deliberate and malicious act” supposed to advertise communal hatred and incite violence. He acknowledged that he had seen the video inside the jurisdiction of the Hyderabad police, in search of to determine territorial jurisdiction.In his criticism, Owaisi cited the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling in Shaheen Abdulla v Union of India & Ors, which directed legislation enforcement companies to take suo motu motion in circumstances of hate speech and held that inaction would quantity to a dereliction of constitutional responsibility.He urged the police to provoke instant authorized motion towards the Assam chief minister in accordance with the legislation.