Majority of shops downed their shutters to protest the wrongful arrest of local AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan after a demonstration against an anti-encroachment drive.
Delhi Police on Thursday arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan for reportedly obstructing South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) officials from carrying out the proposed anti-encroachment drive in the Madanpur Khadar area.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan had been declared a "history-sheeter" and a "bad character" of the Jamia Nagar area by the Delhi Police due to the large number of crimes he was accused of, official sources said on .
A day after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan was arrested on Thursday for protesting against an anti-encroachment drive carried out by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) in Delhi s Madanpur Khadar area, Delhi Police on Friday said that Khan is a declared history-sheeter and bad character as on March 30 .
Delhi AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, who was arrested by the Delhi Police on Thursday evening for protesting against MCD's ongoing demolition drive, was on Friday granted bail by the Saket court here.