The husband of an AAP MLA, facing two separate cases for allegedly making casteist remarks against a dalit wo-man and assaulting a government official, got bail from a Delhi court on Saturday.
Metropolitan magistrate Dheeraj Mittal gra-nted bail to R.K. Puram legislator Parmila To-kas’s husband, Dheeraj, in both the cases on a personal bond of '40,000 each with one surety of the like amount.
During the proceedings, the police produced Dheer-aj, who was arrested on Friday, before the court and opposed his bail plea claiming he can tamper with evidence. It requested the cou-rt to send him to judicial custody. Senior advocate H.S. Phoolka, who represented Dheeraj, told the court that there was no allegation that he has not cooperated with the police during the probe or that he tried to influence witnesses.
He also told the court that there was no apprehension that he can tamper with evidence.
The assault case was registered by the police on December 15 on a complaint by a CPWD official alleging that he was beaten up by several women at the behest of Dheeraj and other Aam Aadmi Party workers during an illegal slum removal drive in R.K. Puram Sector 12, the police said.
Later, a woman lodged a complaint against Dheer-aj claiming that he had allegedly made derogatory and casteist remarks in relation to the same incident. An FIR was filed on her complaint under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tr-ibes (Prevention of Atro-cities) Act.
According to the police, the FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code at the R.K. Puram police station.
The FIR was registered after receiving a complaint, which also alleged that the MLA had “instigated” the assault.
