New Delhi: In fresh trouble, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti has been booked for allegedly inciting a crowd to damage AIIMS’ fence and misbehaving with the hospital’s security personnel but the former Delhi minister has denied the charges. The chief security officer of AIIMS gave a written complaint on Friday stating that “Bharti provoked the mob to damage the fence of the hospital with JCB at Gautam Nagar Nallah road in order to give access to unauthorised persons inside AIIMS property and also misbehaved with security personnel”. Also Read: AAP MLA Amantullah Khan resigns from Waqf Board chairman’s postMeanwhile, reacting to the development, Bharti tweeted, “AIIMS is lying. He was booked for allegedly obstructing public servants from discharging their duty during his purported midnight-raid when some African women were allegedly molested in 2014. A number of legislators of Arvind Kejriwal-led ruling AAP have been booked by Delhi Police on various charges, prompting the AAP to allege that they were being targeted under “political vendetta”.

Source: Mint September 11, 2016 15:11 UTC