AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan Says Fake Cases Registered Against Him To Hide Police Mistakes

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan has accused the Delhi Police of falsely implicating him in a case, claiming he was in his constituency and had not absconded.

AAP leader and Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan has alleged that he is being implicated in a false case. In a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, Khan said that he has not absconded and is in his constituency.

According to news agency ANI, Amanatullah Khan wrote in the letter, "I am in my assembly constituency; I have not fled anywhere. Some people from Delhi Police are implicating me in a false case… The person whom Delhi Police had come to arrest has already got bail... The police are implicating me in a false case to hide their mistake."

An FIR was registered against Khan for allegedly leading an attack on a police team in Delhi's Jamia Nagar.

The Delhi Police South East District and Crime Branch team are conducting raids to arrest the Okhla MLA. The AAP MLA has been charged under sections related to gathering a crowd, trying to spoil the atmosphere, rioting, and organised crime.

The police slapped sections 111, 191(2) of the Indian Penal Code. On Monday, the crime branch team had gone to the Jamia area to arrest a man, Shabaz Khan, an accused in an attempt to murder case. This was when Amanatullah Khan along with his supporters allegedly attacked the police team and allowed the accused to escape.

However, the supporters of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan reportedly confronted the police team due to which Shabaz fled the spot. According to police sources, Amanatullah Khan was present at the scene when the attack occurred allowing the accused to flee. 

Earlier, a case was registered against Amanatullah for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of Delhi assembly elections. The case against him was filed after he was seen campaigning with more than 100 supporters in Zakir Nagar.

The case was registered under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with the punishment for disobeying orders given by public servants and Section 126 of The Representation of the People Act, 1951, which prohibits public meetings during a period of 48 hours ending with hour fixed for conclusion of poll.

In the recently held Delhi Assembly elections, Amanatullah Khan defeated Manish Chaudhary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by 23,639 votes in Okhla Assembly seat. Amanatullah got 88,392 votes in this election, whereas BJP's Manish Chaudhary got 65,304 votes. Amanatullah has won the election from Okhla for the third consecutive time.