Aam Aadmi Party Legislator Naresh Balyan held on charges of brawling with Residential Welfare Association (RWA) Vice President

Aam Aadmi Party Legislator Naresh Balyan held on charges of brawling with Residential Welfare Association (RWA) Vice President

New Delhi, October 15, 2016: Aam Aadmi Party legislator Naresh Balyan was arrested on Friday on charges of brawling with a Residential Welfare Association (RWA) office-bearer, a police officer said.

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Joint Commissioner of Police, South Western Range, Deependra Pathak said that Balyan, who represents Uttam Nagar constituency in west Delhi, was arrested for brawling with RWA Vice President M.B. George of the area on last Sunday.

Balyan was on Sunday booked on charges of brawling with the RWA official, who was also booked in a case following a cross-complaint.

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Police had said the incident occured when George, Vice President of K-2 Block RWA in Uttam Nagar area, was holding a meeting with other office-bearers regarding arrangements for the coming Dussehra festival.

Police said that after he was not invited to the RWA meeting, an angry Balyan, along with his associate Mahendra Fauji, indulged in a verbal duel with George, which later turned into a scuffle. George subsequently lodged a complaint with the Uttam Nagar police station.

Fauji too gave a cross-complaint that he had called Balyan to inaugurate a drain in the block, where George fought with the AAP leader over the issue of inauguration.

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A case of brawl was registered on the basis of complaints from both sides. Balyan was charged under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 451 (house-trespass in order to commit offence) of the Indian Penal Code.(IANS)

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