FIR registered towards AAP MLA Jai Bhagwan Upkar for manhandling MCD employees

On Wednesday, September 20, Jai Bhagwan Upkar, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA allegedly abused and assaulted Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) workers in northwest Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy space. The video of the incident surfaced on-line with netizens criticising the AAP MLA from Bawana over his alleged misconduct. An FIR has been registered towards MLA Jai Bhagwan Upkar after MCD’s Assistant Sanitary Inspector Mukesh Kumar accused the AAP MLA of assaulting the on-duty MCD staffers in addition to obstructing authorities work.

MLA is a really revered place, shouldn’t ill-treat the individuals..: Raja Iqbal Singh, LoP MCD, speaks to #TimesNow on experiences of AAP MLA manhandling an MCD worker.@praveenskapoor has additionally criticized the AAP MLA for the incident.

Watch as #TimesNow viewers share their… pic.twitter.com/pm1Z6IWaGf

— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) September 21, 2023

Notably, Mukesh Kumar is the assistant sanitary inspector of ward quantity 28, Narela Zone, and he oversees the ward’s sanitation personnel.

A case has been registered towards MLA Jai Bhagwan Upkar at Shahbad Dairy police station beneath sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public capabilities), 353 (assault or legal power to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), and 323 (punishment for voluntarily inflicting harm).

According to the FIR, the AAP MLA manhandled MCD staffers on Wednesday at round 10 a.m. when Mukesh Kumar and Sanitary Inspector Nanhe Ram have been supervising cleansing work carried out by the employees within the Shahbad Dairy space in entrance of the JE retailer.

The AAP MLA arrived with a number of of his employees and complained loudly to Kumar that they don’t clear his space and are paid regardless of doing no work. Kumar answered by explaining that they clear the realm regularly and identified that the MLA was inflicting obstruction in authorities work. Moreover, the MCD official assured the MLA that if the cleanliness in his space was lower than degree, they’d clear it once more at which level MLA Upkar began hurling abuses. The Aam Aadmi Party chief then dragged Kumar by the collar in direction of the primary market, grabbed him by the neck, and commenced hitting him. When Nanhe Ram stepped in, the MLA started misbehaving with him, the FIR states.

Speaking to Times Now Mukesh Kumar narrated a sequence of occasions that transpired on Wednesday when the AAP MLA assaulted MCD staffers. Kumar added that this isn’t the primary time that the MLA has misbehaved with the staffers/ Moreover, he alleged that MLA Jai Bhagwan Upkar calls for round Rs 50,000 as month-to-month cut-money from the MCD staffers. Kumar, nonetheless, added that regardless of his repeated calls for, he has by no means given the lower cash sought by the MLA.

AAP MLA ‘manhandles’ MCD staffer

He (AAP MLA Jai Bhagwan Upkar) calls for cash from us month-to-month and misbehaves repeatedly..: Mukesh Kumar, the complainant, speaks to @prathibhatweets.

Some of the MCD workers are recurring in paying cash to BJP…: @ravi4354 pic.twitter.com/DiTz59pI44

— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) September 21, 2023

Meanwhile, BJP chief Shehzad Poonawalla slammed the Aam Aadmi Party authorities and the MLA in query calling AAP as “Anarchist Apradhi Party”. Poonawalla additionally questioned if Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal would sack Jai Bhagwan Upkar.

AAP = Anarchist Apradhi Party
AAP has a historical past of violence towards journalists, bureaucrats, inciting violence & riots & now it has been caught on digital camera too!
AAP KA “GUNDAGARDI MODEL”

AAP MLA Jai Bhagwan Upkar beats up and drags MCD staffer by the collar in Delhi’s Shahbad… pic.twitter.com/b6shGMtDZs

— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) September 21, 2023

“AAP = Anarchist Apradhi Party. AAP has a history of violence against journalists, and bureaucrats, inciting violence & riots & now it has been caught on camera too! AAP KA “GUNDAGARDI MODEL” AAP MLA Jai Bhagwan Upkar beats up and drags an MCD staffer by the collar in Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy space. The sufferer has accused AAP MLA of in search of 50 thousand per thirty days as lower cash. Will Kejriwal sack him?” Poonawalla posted on X.