Police detain AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya in New Delhi on Saturday. By Agencies | Posted 1 hourNew Delhi: AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya was on Saturday arrested on charges of molestation and sexual harassment amid high drama when he was addressing a press conference, triggering an angry reaction from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of declaring an "emergency" in Delhi. Pic/PTIMohaniya, who is also vice chairman of Delhi Jal Board, was virtually dragged from his seat by a police official when he was talking to reporters at his office in Khanpur in South Delhi, at around 12.10 PM. The MLA was booked on June 23 for allegedly misbehaving with a group of women, who approached him with a complaint regarding water crisis in their locality. Duty Magistrate Anjani Mahajan dismissed the application which claimed that his arrest was meant only to humiliate him.

Source: Mid-Day June 26, 2016 05:00 UTC