New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday (December 4) arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan in a case related to an alleged organised crime, while he was granted bail by a city court in a separate alleged extortion case in which he was arrested on Saturday.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Paras Dalal granted bail to Balyan in the alleged extortion case, which was lodged last year, on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of like amount.
Balyan’s further custodial interrogation was not required in extortion case, Delhi Police told court
The Delhi Police on Wednesday told the court that Balyan’s further custodial interrogation was not required in the alleged extortion case and urged the court to send him in judicial custody.
The court, however, rejected the submission of the Delhi Police and granted Balyan bail in the alleged extortion case.
Delhi Police also moved a plea seeking to arrest Balyan in a case lodged under MCOCA
The Delhi Police had also moved an application before the court during the day seeking to arrest Balyan in the case lodged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Whichever agency wants can arrest Balyan as per law, Court while rejecting Delhi Police plea
The court, however, dismissed the plea of the Delhi Police seeking to arrest Balyan in the MCOCA case, calling the plea by the Delhi Police “not maintainable” and said that “whichever agency wants can arrest him (Balyan) as per the law”.
The judge, while granting bail to Balyan in the alleged extortion case, clarified that he was arrested on Wednesday in the MCOCA case while he was in police custody, news agency PTI reported.
Balyan was arrested in extortion case on Saturday
Balyan, who is an AAP MLA from Delhi’s Uttam Nagar Assembly, was arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Saturday in relation to an audio clip of a conversation purportedly between him and a gangster.
The Delhi Police had on Tuesday sought extension of Balyan’s police custody by two more days, submitting that he was non-cooperative during the investigation and that his further custodial interrogation was required required to unearth the conspiracy regarding the alleged involvement of the other persons in the “extortion syndicate”. The court, however, had extended his police custody by a day till Wednesday.
