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AAP lawmaker Amanatullah Khan to 'court arrest'

A case of sexual harassment was registered against Khan last week on a complaint by his sister-in-law.

A case of sexual harassment was registered against Khan last week on a complaint by his sister-in-law.

New Delhi: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment, has said that he will -"court arrest-" on Sunday due to -"police pressure-".

The Okhla MLA alleged that he was -"being framed by the police-" who is under pressure to arrest him.

However, senior police officials rubbished the charges. -"Police wants to arrest me in a false case. I requested them to not do so since I am personally involved in the ongoing fogging work in my area but they said that they are under pressure. I will be courting arrest at Jamia Nagar police station at 12 pm tomorrow (Sunday),-" he said.

When contacted, a senior police officer said, -"We have done nothing to create pressure on him. These charges are his own creations.-"

A case of sexual harassment was registered against Khan last week in southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar Police station on a complaint by his sister-in-law.

A case under IPC sections 354(A)(sexual harassment), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 120B (punishment of criminal conspiracy) and 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) was registered against Amanatullah and the woman's husband.

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