Hyderabad, April 30: Hyderabad Bandh called by All Indian Majlis Itehad-Ul-Muslimeen on Sunday after the attack on their floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi.
Land dispute was said to be the reason for the attack on Akbaruddin.
The police gunman of MLA Balala was said to have retaliated and fired at the attackers, injuring one of them.
Soon after the incident, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy held a high-level meeting with home minister P Sabita Indra Reddy, Director General of Police K Aravinda Rao and Additional DGP (Intelligence) M Mahender Reddy and reviewed the situation.
Kiran later visited Akbaruddin in the hospital where he was operated upon to remove the bullet lodged in his shoulder. The home minister accompanied the chief minister to the hospital.
Assembly deputy speaker Nadendla Manohar also visited the injured MLA in the hospital.
City Commissioner of Police AK Khan was heckled at the hospital by MIM workers for allegedly failing to protect law and order in the city.
–Siasat News