A Delhi courtroom on Friday despatched AAP’s Uttam Nagar MLA Naresh Balyan to police custody until December 13 in reference to a case lodged towards him underneath the Maharashtra Management of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
The MLA, who was already in police custody in reference to an extortion case, was arrested on costs underneath MCOCA on Wednesday. That very same night, he was granted bail within the extortion case by Further Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace Paras Dalal.
The Delhi Police had requested the courtroom of Particular Choose Kaveri Baweja for Balyan’s custody for 10 days.
The extortion case towards Balyan stems from a police grievance filed by Gurcharan, a resident of Mohan Backyard in West Delhi, alleging that in July 2023, he had acquired an extortion name from gangster Sangwan demanding Rs 1 crore.
Balyan’s identify surfaced later final 12 months after a Hindi information channel aired recordings of a cellphone name allegedly between Balyan and Sangwan. He allegedly acted as a facilitator to settle the extortion demand made by Sangwan to a businessman.
Expenses underneath MCOCA was invoked towards Sangwan this 12 months, who’s purportedly working from the UK, in reference to a separate extortion case.
