Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Prakash Jarwal was booked on charges of extortion and abetment to suicide after a doctor allegedly committed suicide in Durga Vihar in south Delhi on Saturday. Jarwal, however, said he is innocent and ready to face any investigation. Rajendra Singh (52) allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at the rooftop of his house and blamed the AAP legislator in his suicide note. In a four-page suicide letter, the doctor held Jarwal and his associate Kapil Nagar responsible for his suicide, following which police registered a case against the Deoli MLA and others on charges of extortion and abetment to suicide. "I have received this information through media that a doctor, who used to have a business in water tankers, has committed suicide and has mentioned my name in his suicide note.

Source: dna April 18, 2020 16:41 UTC