Former BSP MP's son Ashish Pandey granted bail by Delhi's Patiala House Court

The video caused a public outrage. Pandey was arrested after a couple of days. The police had to form several teams to nab him but the politician's son surrendered himself before the police.

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to former BSP MP's son Ashish Pandey who was arrested for brandishing gun at a five-star hotel's guests here. Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh granted relief to Pandey on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of the like amount, reported PTI. On Thursday, the Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against him. Pandey had brandished a pistol at a couple in the foyer of a five-star hotel. He verbally abused and threatened him all of which was caught on cameras. The viral video caused a public outrage. Pandey was arrested after a couple of days. The police had to form several teams to nab him but the politician's son surrendered himself. The court had then issued a non-bailable warrant. Pandey's gun licence was revoked after the incident. His lawyer and family had said that Pandey, the son of former Bahujan Samaj Party lawmaker Rakesh Pandey, had been wrongly framed in the FIR and subjected to media trial. His brother, Ritesh Pandey, is a sitting party MLA. The clip shows his women friends and some hotel staff trying to placate him down and escorting him back to his BMW vehicle. After sitting in his car for a while, Ashish again hurls expletives at the woman. The hotel was criticised for no lodging a police complaint immediately but filed one after the video went viral.