AAP Goons beat up civic engineer near DC office, Delhi
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti was linked to a fresh controversy in the national capital on Monday after AAP supporters thrashed a civic official near the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office of South zone in Green Park.
According to the police, the victim was identified as Ashok Kumar, who is an executive engineer with the south municipal corporation.
"He was allegedly beaten up by AAP supporters who were protesting against the demolition of a house in Hauz Khas area in South Delhi," said a police official.
The incident took place minutes before Mr Bharti along with some of his supporters reached the spot to protest against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and its demolition drive.
Mr Bharti, however, claimed that those involved with the incident were not AAP workers and he had nothing to do with them.
He later met the South DC along with his supporters and questioned him as to why the MCD never takes action against the "high and mighty" and always targets the common man.
Mr Bharti also said that MCD should do a survey and make a list of people including MPs, ministers, MLAs and councillors who have broken building bye-laws and take action against them before razing the house of a commoner.
In his complaint about the incident, the executive engineer claimed that he was beaten up by four people who were wearing AAP caps and were protesting outside the office before Mr Bharti arrived.
The raid created a huge furore with the BJP and the Congress, along with activists, demanding Mr Bharti be arrested.