Uttam Nagar AAP MLA Naresh Balyan was arrested by the Delhi Police’s Crime Department Saturday in reference to an extortion case from final 12 months.
In accordance with DCP (Crime Department) Sanjay Sain, Balyan’s arrest got here after an investigation uncovered an audio clip of a purported dialog between him and gangster Kapil Sangwan, who’s reportedly working from overseas. The dialog allegedly reveals the 2 discussing the gathering of ransom cash from businessmen.
The arrest comes a day after former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged the rising exercise of gangsters in Delhi and focused the Centre and Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah over the alleged rise in crimes in Delhi and turning it right into a “gangster capital”.
Police mentioned they’re at the moment questioning Balyan, and additional investigation is underway to evaluate the total extent of his involvement.
The case surfaced after a press convention on Saturday by BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia, the place he accused Balyan of allegedly colluding with gangster components to extort cash from enterprise house owners. He additionally performed the audio clip of the purported dialog of the AAP MLA with the gangster.
Bhatia charged that the AAP was allegedly concerned in threatening folks and extorting cash from them. He requested whether or not Kejriwal and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi would take motion in opposition to the MLA and ask him to resign.
“If they don’t take his resignation, it will likely be deemed that the extortion cash goes to the occasion and its leaders,” he alleged.
