AAP MLA Mahinder Yadav was today arrested by the Delhi Police for assaulting a public servant.
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According to initial reports, the AAP lawmaker was arrested while he was protesting against the alleged sexual assault of a minor girl.
He will be shortly produced before the Tis Hazari court here.
This is the sixth arrest of an AAP MLA by the Delhi Police.
The police allege that he is responsible for inciting violence among the already angered crowd eventually turning the situation into a full-blown riot. Earlier MLAs Akhilesh Tripathi, Somnath Bharti, Commando Surinder Singh, Manoj Kumar and former law minister Jitender Singh Tomar were arrested on various charges. “They have been booked for rioting and causing hurt to public servant”, said a police official.
While Yadav has been arrested, several others have been detained at the police station, he said.
Police said there were around 10- 150 AAP supporters in the protest and they even tried to disrupt traffic movement.
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Mahendra Yadav represents the Vikaspuri assembly seat. Court slammed (it) multiple times, but who cares.
