Court summons CM Arvind Kejriwal in defamation caseA Delhi court Tuesday summoned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three Aam Aadmi Party MLAs in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Karan Singh Tanwar.
Tanwar has alleged that AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Surender Singh, party convenor Dilip Pandey and the CM had accused him of being involved in the murder of NDMC official, MM Khan, who was shot dead in 2016.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and 3 AAP MLAs summoned by a Delhi court in a defamation case filed by BJP leader, Karan Singh Tanwar. Tanwar claimed the AAP MLAs and the CM accused him of being involved in the murder of NDMC official, MM Khan.
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In the complaint, Tanwar alleged that the AAP leaders made efforts to “malign and ruin (his) image and political career”. It sought prosecution of the four AAP leaders for the alleged offences of defamation and criminal conspiracy under the IPC.
In a separate case, a sessions court Monday stayed an order to put on trial Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in a case of allegedly violating prohibitory orders in the national capital and obstructing public servants during an agitation in 2014.
Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia is facing another defamation case by filed by BJP MLA Vijender Gupta, who had sought proceedings against the duo for “maligning” his image after they accused him of being part of an alleged “conspiracy” to assassinate Kejriwal.
They had made the assertion after the AAP chief was slapped during a roadshow on May 4 while campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections.
