"It's a court referred matter based on a private complaint. The court directed the Saroor Nagar police to book a case and accordingly the case was booked under section 124A (sedition)," Deputy Commissioner of Police (LB Nagar Zone) Tafseer Iqubal said.

Owaisi had recently stoked a controversy with his remark that he will provide legal help to five city-based persons, who were recently arrested by NIA on charges of involvement in an alleged ISIS terror module.