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AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi was attacked at 11:45 am today at Barkas in Chandrayanagutta constituency of Hyderabad. Assailants shot four rounds at Owasi who sat in his Gypsy after finishing a 'Pada Yatra' at Chandrayanagutta. They first attacked him with knives and later shot at him. Malakpet MLA Ahmed Balala was also injured in the attack. Locals say that Owaisi was attacked when he was seated in a Gypsy. Owaisi was shot at chest, left hand, ear and in the stomach.

Akbaruddin was severely injured in the incident. He was admitted in the Owaisi hospital at Santosh Nagar where the doctors have performed a surgery and took out all the four bullets. Hundreds of AIMIM supporters have reached the hospital. Heavy police forces were deployed near the hospital.

Balala's security guards returned fire, injuring three assailants. While one of them succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital, two others were stated to be critical.

MIM sources told IANS tnat Mohammed Pehlwan, accused of being a land grabber, and his relatives allegedly attacked Owaisi.

Pehlwan had a dispute with Owaisi over some land which the legislator had handed over to the authorities for building houses for the poor, the sources said.

The shooting caused panic in the Muslim-majority old city. Police sent additional forces, including personnel of paramilitary Rapid Action Force (RAF), to prevent possible violence.

The forces were immediately deployed in the communally sensitive areas. Hundreds of anxious MIM activists and sympathisers rushed to the Owaisi Hospital.

Shopkeepers downed shutters in the old city, including in the usually busy markets around the historic Charminar and Mecca Masjid.