Amethi Police presented Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti in Sultanpur’s P.K. Jayant MP MLA Court. The Court rejected Bharti’s bail application and sent him to 14 days judicial custody. Now the bail hearing is scheduled for next hearing on January 13.
Meanwhile, an FIR was lodged against the AAP MLA for threatening the city Kotwal in Rae Bareli and abusing Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. City Kotwal Atul Singh said on Monday that an FIR has been lodged against Bharti for threatening the Kotwal and abusing Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. A case has been registered against Bharti in Rae Bareli under Sections 147, 332, 353, 153, 504, 505, 506 of Indian Penal Code and his bail application is listed for hearing on January 13.
Somnath Bharti, who was in UP to inspect the condition of government schools and hospitals, was arrested from Rae Bareli on Monday on allegations of rioting, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, etc.
Subsequently, another FIR was lodged against him for obstruction of public servant performing his duty, criminal intimidation, etc.
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Allegedly, when the police stopped him from visiting a school in Rae Bareli on the pretext that the Amethi Police wants to interrogate him in connection with a case filed against derogatory remarks, Bharti threatened to get officers “stripped of their uniforms”.