AAP MLA and Gujarat In-charge Gulab Singh surrenders before police in extortion case, Delhi Police arrest him later

Surat: AAP MLA Gulab Singh, who is also in-charge of party affairs in Gujarat, today surrendered in a police station here in connection with an extortion case involving his alleged associates.

Mr Singh has been handed over to a Delhi police team for further action.

A non-bailable warrant (NBW) was issued against the AAP MLA from Matiala in Delhi for failing to join investigation in a case of extortion involving his alleged associates, police said on Friday.
Last month, two property dealers, Deepak Sharma and Rinku Diwan, had alleged that Satish and Devinder, who work in Gulab Singh’s office, and an associate Jagdish were extorting money from them by threatening to get the building from where the property dealers were operating demolished.

A case under section 384 (punishment for extortion) IPC was registered at Bindapur police station on September 13.

Satish, Devinder and Jagdish, were arrested and a probe was taken up in the matter which revealed that the “organised extortion racket” had been operating with the alleged knowledge of the MLA. Following the investigation, Gulab Singh was named in the FIR and sent notices to join the investigation however, as he did not turn up the Delhi Police obtained a non-bailable warrant against him from a Delhi court.

Surat Police Commissioner Satish Sharma today said that the AAP MLA had first come to surrender before police in his office premises but he was sent to Umara police station for the purpose. He surrendered there and was handed over to the Delhi police team which had arrived here in this connection.

The Delhi team is likely to take him to Delhi for further investigation.

Meanwhile, before surrender Gulab Singh questioned the timing of the arrival of the Delhi police. He said that at a time when the meeting of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is to be held in Surat, the police has arrived to arrest him. It is a politically motivated step with an intention to disrupt the rally but irrespective of his absence the rally would be held successfully.

On the other hand Kejriwal himself expressed displeasure over it. ‘It is completely politically motivated. One after the other our 13 MLAs have been arrested. The BJP and its leader Amit Shah are trying to disrupt my rally in Gujarat and on his instructions protests are being staged against me from the day I have come to Gujarat,’ he said.

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Uopdate: Gulab Singh arrested by Delhi Police in Surat

Surat/New Delhi:AAP MLA and party’s Gujarat affairs in-charge Gulab Singh today surrendered before Surat Police and was arrested by Delhi Police after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him in connection with an extortion case.

Singh’s arrest has come hours ahead of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal’s public rally in the city.

“Delhi Police had come here with a non-bailable warrant against Gulab Singh. He learnt about it before hand and came to Urma police station where we handed him over to Delhi Police,” Surat Police Commissioner Satish Sharma said.

The Delhi Police will take Yadav to a court to secure a transit remand.

Before leaving for Umra police station to surrender, Yadav told reporters at the circuit house, “I have learnt that Delhi Police have come to Surat to arrest me. So I am going to Umra police station to court arrest and ask Delhi Police to pick me from there.”

“I am in Gujarat since September 6 and I was here when the FIR was filed on September 13. Police raided my office and got nothing incriminating. The Centre is directing arrest of AAP MLAs but we are not going to bow and are ready for any consequences,” he alleged.

Last month, two property dealers, Deepak Sharma and Rinku Diwan, had alleged that Satish and Devinder, who work in Yadav’s office, and an associate Jagdish, were extorting money from them by threatening to get demolished the building from where they were operating.

A case under section 384 (punishment for extortion) IPC was registered at Bindapur police station on September 13.

Confirming the MLA’s arrest, Joint Commissioner of Police, South West Delhi, Deependra Pathak said, “He will be brought back to Delhi today to join the probe in the FIR of extortion in which he has also been named.”

The non-bailable warrant (NBW) was issued against Singh, who is MLA from Delhi’s Matiala, on October 14 for allegedly not joining probe in the case.

Singh’s alleged associates Satish, Devinder and Jagdish were arrested and a probe was taken up in the matter which revealed that the “organised extortion racket” had been operating with the knowledge of the MLA, police claimed.

Following the investigation, Singh was named in the FIR and issued notices to join the investigation but he did not turn up for questioning, they said. PTI