Arrested AAP MLA Naresh Balyan is victim of extortion himself, claims Arvind Kejriwal
Balyan was arrested on Saturday after a purported audio clip surfaced of a conversation between him and gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu.
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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Sunday that a party MLA from Delhi who was arrested in an alleged extortion case was a victim of the crime himself.
The MLA, Naresh Balyan, was arrested by the police’s Crime Branch on Saturday after a purported audio clip surfaced of a conversation between him and gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu. The MLA was on Sunday sent to two-day police custody, ANI reported.
The Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that Balyan took the gangster’s help to engage in extortion.
Kejriwal, however, claimed on Sunday that the MLA from Uttam Nagar was a victim of extortion by gangsters himself. He said that Balyan complained to the police about getting threat calls from Sangwan to him and his family on May 23 last year.
The Aam Aadmi Party chief claimed that Balyan, in his complaint, told the police that he received 35 to 40 calls from the same number “for the purpose of threatening and extortion”. Kejriwal alleged that the police arrested Balyan instead of acting on his complaint.
“Through Naresh Balyan’s arrest, [Union Home Minister] Amit Shah has indicated to the people of Delhi that if they complain, they may be arrested or even assaulted,” Kejriwal said at a press conference. The Union home ministry controls law and order...
