New Delhi:
Vivek Singh, whose father is an MLA from Mayawati's party in Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly assaulting a Russian woman.
The Russian, who is 24, works as an architect in Gurgaon. She says that Mr Singh pulled a gun on her and hit her at her home last week in South Delhi before leaving with her passport, debit card and cellphone. He was reportedly drunk. Mr Singh's father is a legislator named Chandraveer Singh.
The foreigner and Mr Singh were friends at one time but then fell out. On Wednesday, the politician's son showed up at the airport to pick up the Russian at the Delhi airport; she had just flown in after a visit to Moscow. He was furious because she refused his offer for a lift home, choosing to take a cab instead.
He then allegedly followed her home where he hit and robbed her.