AAP MLA Mohaniya held for assaulting woman, slapping senior citizen

The AAP MLA, however, refuted the charge, he was not present at the place at the time of the alleged incident.

Delhi police on Saturday arrested AAP MLA and vice chairman of Delhi Jal Board, Dinesh Mohaniya, for allegedly misbehaving with a group of women and assaulting a 60-year-old man at southeast Delhi's Tughlaqabad area.

Two cases have been registered against the Sangam Vihar legislator in one week.

In his complaint, the 60-year-old man told police that Mohaniya allegedly slapped him, and his men thrashed him, when he approached the MLA to complain about severe water crisis in his locality on Wednesday.

The complainants, who are residents of Sangam Vihar, alleged that Mohaniya and his accomplices "manhandled" and "threatened" them when they sought his help in the water crisis faced by them.

On the same day, Mohaniya had allegedly misbehaved with a group of women who had approached him regarding the same problem, a senior police official said.

The FIR was registered under IPC Sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt, 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) against Mohaniya and his men at Govindpuri Police Station, the official said.

The AAP MLA, however, refuted the charge, saying that he was being targeted on the basis of a purported video aired by some news channels. He said he was not present at the place at the time of the alleged incident. "I am ready to cooperate with the police investigation but the allegations against me are baseless," he had said.

In support of his MLA, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that Modi has declared emergency in Delhi.

Modi declares emergency in Delhi. Arresting, raiding, terrorizing, filing false cases against all those whom Delhi elected

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 25, 2016

Dinesh mohaniya arrested from his press conference in front of all TV cameras. What msg does Modi want to give to everyone

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 25, 2016

(This story originally appeared in the deccan Chronicle as may the case be)