The AAP MLA allegedly manhandled AIIMS security staff during a demolition drive last week: Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Malviya Nagar, Somnath Bharti, has been booked for rioting and assaulting security guards of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) during an anti-encroachment demolition exercise last week. The police complaint submitted by the Chief Security Officer, AIIMS, alleges that Mr. Bharti arrived outside the hospital around 9:45 a.m. on September 9, and started breaking a fence in an unauthorised manner. According to Mr. Bharti, the road will help motorists avoid a circuitous route they currently take to reach Ring Road. SHO, Hauz Khas, intervened, and the demolition on the promise that the institute would participate in a discussion on the issue on September 14,” said Mr. Bharti. “On Monday, I was to communicate to the PWD about the meeting, but today the news of this FIR came,” Mr. Bharti added.

Source: The Hindu September 11, 2016 21:33 UTC