Somnath Bharti held over brawl, gets bail

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Somnath Bharti was arrested on Thursday for allegedly assaulting security staff at the All India Institute of Medical

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Somnath Bharti was arrested on Thursday for allegedly assaulting security staff at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), encroaching government land and disrupting peace at the hospital.

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He was released on bail by a city court.

Bharti is the second AAP leader to be arrested in two days after MLA Amanatullah Khan was held on Wednesday afternoon on charges of sexual harassment.

The complaint against the Malviya Nagar MLA was filed by the AIIMS chief security of officer on September 9. The MLA was charged with rioting and damaging public property.

Bharti was arrested from his office in Green Park in south Delhi.

While the police sought 14-day custody, metropolitan magistrate Anuj Aggarwal said the chances of the legislator fleeing were remote and he deserved bail.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal reacted sharply and accused the BJP-led Centre of targeting the state government. “Am amazed. At a time when PM shud be working on Uri, his machinery working overtime to get AAP MLAs arrested or me implicated in false cases (sic),” he tweeted.