Mr. Asad was formally arrested and shifted to Osmania General Hospital for medical examination. He was later granted bail on production of sureties in the court.

Majlis President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi who surrenderded before the police and was formally arrested later on Monday got bail from a local court.

He was arrested in connection with the alleged attack on Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, and MLC Mohammed Shabbir Ali on GHMC polling day, and was produced before Eighth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, which granted to him. Mr. Owaisi furnished two surities of Rs. 5,000 each to the court.

The police last week had arrested four persons including Khasaf, who assaulted Shabbir Ali in front of the Mirchowk police station on Tuesday last. Five more persons are yet to be arrested. Special teams are on the job to nab them, DCP (south) V Satyanarayana said.

Earlier, the AIMIM leader Owaisi surrendered before Deputy Commisisoner of Police (South) V. Satyanarana in connection with the case filed against him regarding attack on Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President, another Congress leader Shabbir Ali and others.

Mr. Asad was formally arrested and shifted to Osmania General Hospital for medical examination. He was later produced before a court in the afternoon. Mr. Asad walked into the DCP's office at around 10.15 a.m. and surrendered before the police. Security has been heightened in the old city of Hyderabad and Nampally court building area.