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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> In 2006, one extremist Hindu group offered an 11.5-million-dollar reward for the assassination of the 93-year-old painter.
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Reward on M F Hussain was offered by
(a) one no name group claiming to speak for Hindus
and the other by
(b) Madhya Pradesh <b>Congress</b> committee minority cell vice-chairman <b>Akthar Baig</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It would be in the 'interest of the nation if a patriot will chop off his hands. I will give that person Rs 11 lakh', he said.

Baig asked the government to take back all the honours bestowed on the noted painter and declare him a 'traitor'.
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