Mr Tripathi is the fifth Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker to be arrested.
New Delhi:
Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Akhilesh Tripathi was today held in a 2013 case of rioting and criminal intimidation and sent to judicial custody for two days by a Delhi court.
Following a non-bailable warrant issued against Mr Tripathi by the court earlier for his non-appearance, he was brought by police to the court which sent him to jail till November 28.
Metropolitan Magistrate Kapil Kumar ordered that the lawmaker an accused in the 2013 rioting case, be taken into custody while noting his conduct of not complying with court's order directing him to appear.
Mr Tripathi became the fifth lawmaker of the ruling party to be arrested.
In 2013, a first information report was registered against Mr Tripathi, Rahul Kumar, Vikas Mandal, Inder Vikram Singh and Kanhaiya Kumar Jha for alleged offences including rioting, unlawful assembly and criminal intimidation.
The report registered at Adarsh Nagar Police Station in north west Delhi said that during the altercation, the accused allegedly assaulted the complainant in which he sustained injuries.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (north west) Vijay Singh said the lawmaker "has been arrested and taken into custody in pursuance to court order."
Earlier, Surinder Singh, AAP lawmaker from Delhi Cantonment, was arrested in August for allegedly assaulting an municipality employee and was later granted bail.
Former Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar was held in a fake educational degree case in June and Kondli legislator Manoj Kumar was arrested in July in connection with a land fraud case.
AAP lawmaker Somnath Bharti was arrested in September after he surrendered in connection with the attempt to murder and domestic violence case filed by his wife.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had early this month complained against Delhi Police to Union Home Ministry accusing it of trying to "hound" ruling AAP lawmakers by reopening old cases and creating new ones against them.
Following a non-bailable warrant issued against Mr Tripathi by the court earlier for his non-appearance, he was brought by police to the court which sent him to jail till November 28.
Metropolitan Magistrate Kapil Kumar ordered that the lawmaker an accused in the 2013 rioting case, be taken into custody while noting his conduct of not complying with court's order directing him to appear.
Mr Tripathi became the fifth lawmaker of the ruling party to be arrested.
In 2013, a first information report was registered against Mr Tripathi, Rahul Kumar, Vikas Mandal, Inder Vikram Singh and Kanhaiya Kumar Jha for alleged offences including rioting, unlawful assembly and criminal intimidation.
The report registered at Adarsh Nagar Police Station in north west Delhi said that during the altercation, the accused allegedly assaulted the complainant in which he sustained injuries.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (north west) Vijay Singh said the lawmaker "has been arrested and taken into custody in pursuance to court order."
Earlier, Surinder Singh, AAP lawmaker from Delhi Cantonment, was arrested in August for allegedly assaulting an municipality employee and was later granted bail.
Former Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar was held in a fake educational degree case in June and Kondli legislator Manoj Kumar was arrested in July in connection with a land fraud case.
AAP lawmaker Somnath Bharti was arrested in September after he surrendered in connection with the attempt to murder and domestic violence case filed by his wife.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had early this month complained against Delhi Police to Union Home Ministry accusing it of trying to "hound" ruling AAP lawmakers by reopening old cases and creating new ones against them.
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