Delhi University lecturer S A R Geelani, who was shot at two weeks back, was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Tuesday.

An attempt was made on his life outside the house of his lawyer Nandita Haksar in Vasant Enclave in New Delhi on February eight

He left the hospital in a wheelchair at around 1530 IST.

Later, Geelani read out a short press statement outside Haksar's house in which he accused the police of harassing his family members and friends and making insinuations against them.

• Geelani shot at, injured

He did not take any questions from media persons as he was too weak.

Geelani said he stood by his statement released to the media on February 14. The statement had said: "The only people who seem to be determined to harm me are the police in the Special Cell of the Delhi Police."

He said he did not understand why anyone wanted to kill me.

He claimed that he had been framed in the Parliament attack case. A trial court had awarded him the death sentence in the case, but the Delhi high court had acquitted him. The police have challenged the HC decision in the Supreme Court.

" I do not know whether I will be finally acquitted by the Supreme Court, (but) I think many democratic-minded Indians shared my sentiments and that is why they have been fighting for my acquittal," he said.

While Geelani did not take any questions, Haksar said his family members and associates were very concerned about his safety.

"We haven't asked for police protection because these are the same people on whom we have suspicions (of carrying out the attack)," she said.

Haksar said Geelani would stay in her house for two or three days before moving to 'somewhere else'. She did not disclose his likely destination.