AAP MLA Amanatullah booked on female relative’s complaint

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Delhi Police on Saturday lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan claiming that he pressurised the wife of his brother-in-law for establishing a physical relationship.

"Khan is booked under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) Section 506 (criminal intimidation) Section 498 A (relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and criminal conspiracy," a senior police officer told IANS.

Khan who held a press conference at the AAP office here denied the charges, adding that he was having "no connection with the woman at all".

Following a complaint by his brother-in-law's wife, a FIR was lodged against Khan at the Jamia Nagar police station in south Delhi.