Police say AAP MLA Somnath Bharti hiding in Agra, behaving like a professional criminal

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsNew Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti is currently hiding near Arga in Uttra Pradesh, say Delhi Police officials. Police are trying to ascertain if an arrest right now can effect Bharti's plea in Supreme Court seeking protection from arrest in a domestic violence case.

After the Delhi High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea, the Malviya Nagar MLA moved the Supreme Court to seeking an order to restrain Delhi Police from arresting him till his petition challenging the High Court order is decided.

But Delhi Police officials say Bharti is behaving like a professional criminal, he is changing his mobile phone and his location frequently to avoid arrest.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on Monday his bail plea in a domestic violence and attempt to murder case. A bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy fixed the matter for hearing on September 28 after senior advocate Pramod Swaroop, appearing for Bharti, mentioned the petition before it.

The High Court had dismissed his anticipatory bail plea, saying the allegations against him were backed by "documentary proof". Terming the allegations against former Delhi Law Minister Bharti by his wife, Lipika Mitra, as "very serious", Justice Suresh Kait of the High Court had said she has been tolerating his "cruelty" and "brutal assault".

Dismissing his plea for protection from arrest, the high court had said that being an MLA, he should have shown more "generosity and responsibility towards his wife and children".

Lipika had filed a complaint of domestic violence with Delhi Commission for Women on June 10 alleging that her husband had been abusing her since their marriage in 2010. She had also given a complaint to the police in this regard.

Delhi Police then registered an FIR against Bharti under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 498A (cruelty towards wife), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 313 read with 511 (attempt to cause miscarriage without woman's consent), 420 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC.first published:September 24, 2015, 16:28 ISTlast updated:September 24, 2015, 16:28 IST
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