New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti for allegedly assaulting security guards at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Bharti and his supporters had been booked on September 11 for damaging AIIMS property and misbehaving with its security guards, police said. The FIR was registered following a complaint from AIIMS chief security officer RS Rawat.
Rawat, in his written complaint at south Delhi's Hauz Khas police station, had said that Bharti, around 9:45 AM on September 9 "provoked the mob to damage the fence of the government property (AIIMS)".
"Bharti gave permission to unauthorised persons with JCB machines to get access inside AIIMS from Gautam Nagar Nallah road side and misbehave with security personnel," said a police officer, citing Rawat's complaint.
In the complaint, it was also alleged that six security personnel were injured while trying to intervene and stop Bharti and his supporters from damaging AIIMS property.
Bharti and his supporters were booked under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapons), 186 (obstructing public servant), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant) of IPC and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.
Bharti, the legislator from Malviya Nagar area of south Delhi and a former minister, was earlier booked in a case of domestic violence case filed against him by his wife Lipika Mitra. He was later granted bail in the case.
Bharti, however, termed the allegations "wrong".
(With inputs from IANS)
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