In an FIR registered on Monday against AAP legislator Amanatullah Khan for allegedly obstructing police officers from arresting a proclaimed offender, the Delhi Police Crime Branch has alleged that the MLA “pushed and manhandled” police officers while threatening that action would be taken against them.
Sources in the police, meanwhile, said on Tuesday that Khan was “unreachable”.
The alleged incident took place on Monday evening when a Crime Branch team, led by Inspector Sunil Kalkhande, was in South East Delhi’s Jamia Nagar to arrest a person named Shavez Khan in connection with an assault case.
The FIR, lodged on the basis of a complaint flied by the Crime Branch, stated when the police were questioning Shavez, he “did not give any correct answer and kept talking about irrelevant things”.
“During this time, the local MLA, Amanatullah Khan, came there with 20-25 people and said, ‘how dare you come here…’ (He) and his companions pushed and manhandled us and… threatened us… said ‘no one will know where you people have gone and your police and court papers will remain here’,” it added.
“Amantullah said, ‘you don’t know who I am, I will get your uniform removed and it doesn’t matter to me if one more case is filed against me. I will finish you off and no one will find a witness to this and even if one finds one, I will take care of it myself’. Amanatullah and his companions pushed and grappled with us and got Shavez released and took him away,” the FIR stated.
According to the FIR, the police team had arrived near Al Taqua mosque after receiving a tip-off that Shavez was in the area. It added that Shavez fled “amid the confusion, prompting them to conduct search operations till late evening”.
Amanatullah Khan and his supporters have been booked under sections 221 (obstruction of public servants while they are performing their duties), 132 (criminal force or assault against a public servant while they are performing their duties), 121 (voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 191 (rioting), 190 (unlawful assembly), 263 (resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person), 351 (criminal intimidation), and 111 (organised crime) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The FIR also named the MLA’s associates — Laddan, Muneer and Farman — who also manhandled the Crime Branch team, according to the police.
In 2018, Shavez and his associates had allegedly attacked a group of men near Batla House with rods and guns. As per the FIR lodged in that case, Shavez and a person named Shabbu had approached the victims in an empty plot along with four other men. Shavez allegedly fired at the men, who were also attacked with rods.
Police sources said Shavez was arrested in the case but granted conditional bail by a court in 2018. Following this, he stopped responding to court summons, prompting the court to declare him a proclaimed offender, said an officer.
