Ex-MLA held for extortion bid on MP in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A former MLA with Deoband district in Uttar Pradesh was arrested in Delhi’s South Avenue on Saturday for trying to extort money from an MP in Assam. The ex-MLA had allegedly threatened to frame the MP in a false case if he did not transfer his Deoband property in the MLA’s name. He used to send voice messages on the MP’s mobile number asking for the transfer. An FIR was registered based on the MP’s complaint at South Avenue police station.

In his complaint, the Assam MP, Badruddin Ajmal, told the cops that the former MLA, Maviya Ali, had started blackmailing him saying that he would allegedly leak details of some non-existent land deals he had made at the Deoband property. Ajmal told the cops that Ali had been sending him voice messages for the past few months asking for different favours. He had recently been asking Ajmal to transfer the property in his name as well.

DCP (New Delhi) Madhur Verma said that the MP had approached the police station with a complaint last week following which a case of extortion was registered. The cops called Ali for questioning, but he had failed to appear. Ajmal had also attached the copies of the recording along with the complaint as evidence.