Hyderabad: AIMIM Leader Stabbed To Death In Broad Daylight

  • | Friday | 2nd April, 2021

Asad Khan was rushed to Osmania Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Asad Khan was arrested in a murder case; several other criminal cases were registered against him too.

Asad Khan was rushed to Osmania Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Asad Khan was arrested in a murder case; several other criminal cases were registered against him too.

Asad Khan, a 40-year-old leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), was assassinated on Thursday on a busy road in Hyderabad. The incident took place in the Wattapalli area under Melardevapalli Police Station in Old City, Hyderabad. Wattapalli is an area that is considered to be the stronghold of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. The attackers could not be immediately identified.

Police say that local AIMIM leader Asad Khan had a criminal record and they suspect that this is revenge for the murder. The police have started investigating the case and are gathering evidence to arrest the culprits. Sources say that when Asad Khan was going from his two-wheeler, he was attacked by a group of assailants with a sharp weapon near a public hall on Shastriapuram Road, after killing him in broad daylight, the attackers fled from the spot.


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