AAP's hall of shame: Here are all the MLAs who are in the dock
The troubles for the Aam Admi Party are never-ending. The latest row in the party has cropped up following the sacking of water minister Kapil Mishra who has alleged that the Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal had got Rs 2 crore from Health Minister Satyendar Jain at his residence.
The party has denied the charges while the opposition has sought for the resignation of Kejriwal. Several members of the AAP are facing various charges.
Here is the list of who is facing what.
Somnath Bharti
Somnath Bharti, an MLA from Malviya Nagar was booked for assaulting a public servant. The charges levelled against him included obstructing public servants from discharging their duty, rioting and under sections of prevention of damage to public property law. He was also arrested in a dowry case and for domestic violence.
Sharad
Chauhan
AAP
MLA
Sharad
Chauhan
from
Narela
was
booked
on
July
20,
2016
on
charges
of
abetment
to
suicide.
It
was
alleged
that
he
had
circulated
videos
of
a
woman
without
her
consent.
Charges
of
kidnapping
too
were
levelled
against
him.
He
was
arrested
on
July
31
and
released
on
bail
on
August
11
2016.
Akhilesh
Tripathi
The
MLA
from
Model
Town
was
charged
with
causing
hurt,
wrongful
confinement,
sexual
harassment
and
molestation.
An
FIR
was
filed
against
Akhilesh
Tripathi
on
February
6
2015
and
he
was
arrested
on
November
26,
2015
and
given
bail
a
day
later.
On
March
3
last
year,
he
was
acquitted
on
grounds
of
antithetical
testimonies
of
public
witnesses.
Manoj
Kumar
Manoj
Kumar
was
booked
in
the
year
2015
on
charges
of
extortion.
He
was
arrested
on
November
21.
Commando
Surender
Singh
Commando
Surender
Singh
was
arrested
on
August
21,
2015
on
charges
of
kidnapping
a
public
servant,
obstructing
a
public
servant
from
discharging
his
duty,
voluntarily
causing
hurt,
relevant
sections
of
the
SC/ST
Act.
He
was
granted
bail
a
day
later.
Jitender Tomar
Jitender Tomar was arrested on June 9, 2015 on charges of forgery. He was accused of forging his LLB and B.Sc. degrees.
Amanatullah
Khan
This
MLA
from
Okhla
was
booked
in
July
2016
on
charges
of
culpable
homicide,
molestation
and
criminal
intimidation.
A
woman
complained
to
the
police
that
she
was
being
pressured
to
take
her
statement
back.
Dinesh
Mohaniya
This
AAP
MLA
was
booked
on
charges
of
molestation
and
also
threatening
a
woman.
He
was
arrested
on
July
25
2016
and
granted
bail
four
days
later.
Gulab
Singh
This
MLA
from
the
AAP
was
arrested
on
charges
of
being
part
of
a
large
extortion
syndicate.
He
was
in
charge
of
the
AAP's
Gujarat
unit.
Naresh
Yadav
This
MLA
was
arrested
on
July
24
last
year
and
given
bail
on
July
30.
He
was
booked
under
Sections
295A
(deliberate
and
malicious
acts
intended
to
outrage
religious
feelings
of
any
class
by
insulting
its
religion
or
religious
beliefs),
153A
(Promoting
enmity
between
different
groups),
120B
(criminal
conspiracy)
and
109
(abetment)
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code.
He
was
accused
of
directing
co-accused
Vijay
Kumar
of
desecrating
pages
of
the
Quran.
Satyender Jain
Jain has been accused of giving Rs 2 crore to Kejriwal. Kapil Mishra had accused him and others of being involved in the water tanker scam.
Sandeep
Kumar
He
was
arrested
on
September
3
and
granted
bail
four
days
later.
Charges
of
rape
were
levelled
against
him.
He
was
accused
of
raping
a
woman
on
the
pretext
of
providing
her
help
to
get
a
ration
card.
The
woman
complained
that
he
has
also
recorded
the
act
and
was
blackmailing
her
with
the
video.
Mahindra
Yadav
He
was
arrested
on
allegations
of
rioting
and
assaulting
a
public
servant
in
January
last
year.
He
has
been
granted
bail.
Prakash
Jarwal
This
MLA
from
Deoli
was
arrested
in
August
last
year
after
a
woman
complained
of
misbehaving
with
her.
Jagdeep
Singh
The
AAP
MLA
was
booked
for
causing
hurt,
criminal
intimidation
and
wrongful
restraint.
He
was
arrested
in
May
last
year
and
granted
bail
the
same
day.
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