Delhi Assembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel chargesheeted in a rioting case

The charge sheet, filed before chief metropolitan magistrate Savitri, named seven persons as accused in the case.

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel was on Wednesday chargesheeted by Delhi Police in a Delhi court for allegedly rioting and causing hurt at the house of a realtor in an East Delhi colony in 2015.

Delhi Assembly speaker Ram Niwas Goel . A FIR was filed against Goel on Sep 7, 2016, for allegedly rioting at the house of an east Delhi resident in 2015. (File Photo)

The charge sheet, filed before chief metropolitan magistrate Savitri, named seven persons as accused in the case.

According to the FIR filed by complainant Manish Ghai, a local builder, AAP’s Shahdara MLA Ram Niwas Goel and his supporters had allegedly raided one of his houses in Vivek Vihar on the night of February 6, 2015, a day before the Delhi Assembly elections.

The MLA had allegedly raided the house of Ghai accusing him of stashing liquor, blankets and other stuff for distribution ahead of the polls.

The AAP leaders had refuted these claims saying they had gone to the house with a police team comprising the local Station House Officer and Assistant Commissioner of Police among others after making a PCR call in this regard.

Ghai also alleged that the group broke almirah, drawers, kitchen items, window panes and mirrors in the house. When the labourers tried to resist, they were allegedly physically assaulted.

A case of rioting, trespassing, causing mischief and voluntarily causing hurt was lodged against the accused.