Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a molestation case registered against him following a complaint by a woman relative.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East)-I Rajeev Ranjan said that Mr Khan was arrested and produced in court, which sent him to one-day police custody. This is the second time in the past three months that Mr Khan has been arrested in a molestation case.
Police cite evidence
The Okhla MLA was called to the Deputy Commissioner of Police’s Office and was subsequently arrested. “came here at DCP office, Sarita Vihar for general discussion. But they have arrested me,” he tweeted.
The arrest comes three days after Mr. Khan visited the Jamia Nagar police station and offered to surrender himself. The police had, however, declined this saying that they were waiting for more evidence.
Mr. Ranjan said that the MLA was arrested as since more evidence had come up now.
Supporters call for justice
Mr. Khan, who has maintained all through that he is being framed, was on Sunday joined by a large number of supporters who demanded “justice” for their MLA.
They carried placards with his picture and held banners of ‘ Main bhi Amanat hun. Mujhe giraftaar karo’ (I am also Amanat. Arrest me). Women supporters, too, came out in large numbers.
A case under sections 354(A)(sexual harassment), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 120B (punishment of criminal conspiracy) and 498 A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the IPC has registered against the MLA and the husband of the woman relative who is purportedly the victim in the case.
This is the second time in the past three months that the MLA has been arrested in a molestation case
