Just months ahead of the municipal elections slated for December, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Jasbir Singh Laddi was booked for allegedly assaulting the BJP Yuva Morcha mandal president at Faidan village near Sector 47 on Sunday night.
A cross-complaint has also been filed by Laddi, who represents ward 21, covering Sector 47, Bair Majra, Faidan, and Burail, against the mandal president, identified as Mohit, and three others.
The two got into an argument, following which Laddi allegedly caught Mohit by the collar and assaulted him. He also allegedly flung the flag to the ground, it was alleged. In the videos, Mohit claimed that he was assaulted without provocation. Mohit had alleged that Laddi had been hostile towards him since his elevation as BJP Yuva Morcha mandal president. Laddi, however, denied the allegations and claimed that he was himself provoked during the incident. “The accused (Mohit and others) have links with this. But later, he again hurled abuses at me during a public grievance meet after which I confronted him.
Laddi was on his way to a blood donation camp at Faidan when he spotted Mohit allegedly holding a BJP flag, according to the complaint. Police said videos of the incident, recorded by Mohit’s friends, were also submitted. Police officials said the footage was used as the basis for registering the case. “Under the previous station house officer (SHO) as well, I had complained to the police regarding illicit liquor and drugs which were sent from Faidan towards Punjab,” he said. It was then that his friends shot the video,” said Laddi. The AAP councillor said he had filed a complaint against four people, including Mohit, and demanded an impartial medical examination to establish whether he had sustained injuries. He said he would approach the court if the police failed to act on his complaint.
Mohit had come outside my house earlier during the day and abused me following which his parents had sought forgiveness.
