AAP fields Koli's brother from Seemapuri

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Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday announced that the brother of Santosh Koli, party candidate who was fatally injured in a road accident, will contest in her place from Seemapuri Assembly seat.

It also released a list of 10 probable candidates for Rohini and Devli reserved Assembly seats in Delhi which includes a fruit seller, Assistant Manager of an MNC, former BJP and Shiv Sena members, a teacher and human rights activists.

The party said that Dharmendra Singh Koli, brother of Santosh Koli, will now be its candidate from Seemapuri Constituency. Santosh had succumbed to her injuries on August 7 at a Gurgaon hospital following a road accident.

AAP had alleged foul play in the incident. Koli had sustained severe brain injury when a car hit her motorbike from behind in Kaushambi area of Indirapuram locality when she, along with a party colleague Kuldeep, was going to party office on June 30.

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