Iqrar Ahmed, an aide of AAP Delhi MLA Amanatullah Khan has been arrested by the Noida Police on Monday in connection with a case registered following an argument at a petrol pump.
"On Monday, with the help of local intelligence and electronic surveillance, accused Iqrar Ahmed, who was wanted in the case lodged at Phase 1 police station was arrested. He was held near the border of Kalindi Kunj," a Noida Police spokesperson said.
Notably, Iqrar was not named in the FIR lodged on May 7 at Noida's Phase 1 police station after an argument happened between Amanatullah’s son Anas Ahmed and some workers at a petrol pump. The Delhi lawmaker also got involved later.
In the FIR, Amanatullah was named along with his son, who was mentioned as "unidentified son of MLA Amantullah Khan" while other accused were identified as "others in two cars". Khan's son was accused of jumping the queue for fuel at the petrol pump and later threatening and violence.
Case registered under multiple sections
Although the Okhla MLA has denied the charges, the police had initially lodged a case under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentionally insulting knowing it to be likely that such provocation will break public peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 427 (mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Khan claimed that despite efforts to resolve the matter amicably with the station's owner he was unjustly implicated in the case by the police.
Later, sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 452 (tress-passing), 307 (attempt to murder), 394 (causing hurt during robbery), 34 (act done by several persons with common objective) of the IPC and provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act were added to the case.
The police said Iqrar Ahmed currently lives in Shaheen Bagh area and is a native of Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district. Legal proceedings are underway, the police added.
According to Vinod Kumar Singh, a petrol station employee, the altercation occurred when Khan's son arrived in his car and demanded preferential treatment, bypassing the queue. Allegedly, the situation escalated when the son physically assaulted a salesman, brandishing an iron rod and causing damage to the station's property.
(With PTI Inputs)
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