Khan was arrested after a woman alleged that he tried to mow her down after she visited his residence to raise the issue of power cuts. He is the eleventh AAP legislator to be arrested.
A Punjab Police team tonight arrested AAP MLA Naresh Yadav, who has been booked in connection with the alleged Malerkotla sacrilege incident on June 24. Both the arrests were made in Delhi.
An FIR was initially registered in this regard under section 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC.
"On July 22, the woman had recorded her statement before the magistrate under Section 164 of CrPC. She had alleged while she was returning from the legislator's residence, a vehicle tried to mow her down and Khan was sitting in it," said Joint Commissioner of Police, Southeast Range, R P Upadhyay.
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"She repeatedly approached the police saying she is feeling unsafe. She was aggrieved that action is not being taken on her complaint and stated the incident of trying to run her over with the car and threats extended to her by Khan," Randhawa said in a statement.
She alleged she lives alone with her children and is feeling very unsafe and that a 'sting' video is being circulated by the accused to defame her.
She even threatened to commit suicide, said the officer.
Prior to that, she had on July 19 filed a complaint with police alleging that at the AAP MLA's residence in Jamia Nagar, a youth had on July 10 abused her and threatened that she would be killed if she did not stop politicising the matter. The FIR was subsequently registered in this regard.
Reacting to Khan's arrest, Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, "Modi ji arrests one more AAP MLA."
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The woman had yesterday filed three police complaints alleging she was receiving threats from unidentified persons, following which she was provided security.
In her complaint last week, the woman, a resident of Jasola, had said she had telephoned Khan on July 10 and later went to his Batla House residence to raise the issue of power cuts with him.
Khan had, however, said he did not even know if the woman come to his residence.
AAP had yesterday rubbished the allegation levelled against the MLA, claiming Delhi Police had "pressurised" the woman into giving a false statement against Khan.
At a press conference, the party played a video, in which the woman is purportedly seen telling someone "that the SHO of Jamia Nagar police station asked her to add rape and murder charges in the FIR".
He had further said he has written a complaint to DCP (South East) to file an FIR against the SHO and the woman for "framing" him.