Delhi: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan arrested on charges of threatening woman

24 July, New Delhi

Delhi police on Sunday arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan on charges of threatening a woman with rape and murder.

Police said Khan also tried to manipulate the evidences.

The woman had alleged that Khan instructed a young man to threaten her with rape and murder for politicising the issue of power cuts in the capital.

The woman had filed a case against the MLA on 20th of this month for allegedly threatening her with dire consequences.

A case was registered against the legislator under Sections 506 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code at the Jamia Nagar police station in South Delhi.