'Ready to go to jail': Assam CM after Asaduddin Owaisi's complaint over 'point-blank' video

AIMIM chief Assaduddin Owaisi has filed a complaint against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over the now-deleted 'point blank shot' video, demanding criminal action against him. The video allegedly showed Sarma pointing an air gun at a framed image of Muslims.

"I have lodged an official complaint demanding criminal action against Himanta Sarma for his (now deleted) violent video showing him shooting Muslims. Unfortunately, genocidal hate speech has become a norm," he said on X.

In his complaint, the Lok Sabha MP accused Sarma of "deliberate and malicious acts



intended to outrage the religious feelings of Muslims", of promoting enmity between two religious communities, and making imputations prejudicial to national integration.

Reacting to the complaint, the Assam CM said he has no knowledge of any such video and said that he stands by his words.

"I am ready to go to jail, what can I do? I do not know anything about any video. If he has filed a case against me, arrest me; what objection do I have? I have no objection. But I stand by my words, I am against Bangladeshi infiltrators and I will continue to be against them," Sarma said.