New Delhi:
A Delhi court has framed criminal charges against Bollywood actor and Congress MP Raj Babbar in the case of pelting stones at policemen during a protest march of his former party Samajwadi Party near the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi in 2000.
"I, Pritam Singh (Judge), do hereby charge you that you along with co-accused on May 9, 2000... in furtherance of your common intention formed an unlawful assembly and restrained complainant SI Mahender Singh and other policemen from performing their duties by throwing stones," the court said.
Babbar, the then Lok Sabha MP from Agra, expelled SP leader Amar Singh and MP Sarvraj Singh along with over 800 party activists had tried to stage a rally outside the residence of the Prime Minister against water crisis in his constituency, the chargesheet said.