AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan claims he is being framed, denies fleeing arrest

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan on Wednesday denied that he was absconding and claimed he was being framed in a false case pertaining to allegedly blocking a police team that was trying to arrest a man in an attempt to murder case, reported India Today.

This came after the Delhi Police conducted searches at multiple locations to arrest Khan. He was booked on Monday.

“I am in my Assembly constituency, I am not in hiding,” Khan reportedly told the police in a letter on Wednesday. “The person whom the Delhi police came to arrest is out on bail. The police is implicating me in this false case to hide their mistake.”

The police have claimed that the Okhla MLA’s phone was switched off immediately after the complaint was registered against him, reported India Today.

On Monday, a Crime Branch team headed by Inspector Sunil Kalkhande had taken a man, Shavez Khan, in custody and was in the process of arresting him, when the MLA and his supporters allegedly blocked them.

Amanatullah Khan has been booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to obstructing a public servant, using criminal force against a public servant and voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servants from doing their duty.

The case against Shavez Khan was filed…

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