Arrests of AAP MLAs politically motivated or guilty?

An HT investigation into the court papers of the cases against the 13 MLAs shows that the police are struggling to explain the charges in most cases, earning courts' ire for shoddy investigation. Take the case of Narela MLA Sharad Chauhan, accused of abetting suicide of a woman AAP volunteer. “It is noteworthy that the name of applicant (Chauhan) is nowhere stated by the deceased in her last statement,” the court said, giving bail to Chauhan. Read more: 13 AAP MLAs booked in two years, Delhi Police face court rap over arrests