AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged that shots were fired at his car when he was returning to Delhi after campaigning in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. The incident left his car tyres punctured but nobody is said to have been injured in the incident.
‘We are all safe. Alhamdu’lilah,’ he wrote.
The firing is said to have taken place at a toll plaza near Delhi, in Hapur western Uttar Pradesh.
According to Owaisi, the shooters left their weapons behind and escaped.
‘I was leaving for Delhi after a poll event in Kithaur, Meerut. Three to four rounds of bullets were fired upon my vehicle by two people near Chhajarsi toll plaza; there were a total of 3-4 people,’ Mr. Owaisi said.
‘Tyres of my vehicle (in pic) punctured, I left on another vehicle,’ he added.
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Visuals tweeted by Mr Owaisi from the toll plaza showed two bullet holes on his white SUV, which remains at the spot. The third bullet allegedly hit a tyre, leading to a puncture.
The AIMIM leader is said to have left the area in another car.
Mr.Owaisi had earlier addressed the public in Meerut while campaigning for the Uttar Pradesh elections, starting February 10.
Western Uttar Pradesh will vote on the opening day of the seven-phase election in India’s most populous, and politically important, state.
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