Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker Ramesh Bhardwaj from Haryana on charges of abetment to suicide of a fellow party worker Soni Mishra (28) in Outer Delhi’s Narela on July 19. The suicide case had triggered a war of words between the BJP and the AAP.
According to a senior Crime Branch official, they arrested Bhardwaj on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
On July 19, Soni allegedly consumed a poisonous substance at her home in Outer Delhi’s Narela area and died during treatment at the lNJP Hospital, said police.
The woman had filed a complaint against Bhardwaj for allegedly touching her inappropriately and a case of molestation was registered in June. The accused was arrested and later released on bail.
The family members of the woman had claimed that she had gone into depression after her alleged molester Bhardwaj, an AAP colleague, was released on bail. She had also alleged that the accused was being protected by the local AAP MlA.
Police said on July 20, Delhi Police had registered a case of abetment to suicide against Bhardwaj based on recovery of a self shot WhatsApp video from Soni’s phone.
