AAP MLA arrested in assault case

The Delhi police on Sunday morning arrested AAP MLA Rituraj Govind from Kirari in North West Delhi, adding to a growing list of legislators from the outfit mired in legal trouble. Since the AAP stormed to power last year, at least 12 other party MLAs have been arrested and 15 booked by Delhi Police on various charges. According to reports Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) M.N.Tiwari said that he was arrested after questioning at the police station. Govind, the MLA from west Delhi’s Kirari, was accused of assault during the ongoing Chhath Puja celebrations, agencies added, a day after the legislator was embroiled in reported scuffles over trying to build a ghat in the area. His arrest came a day after he was picked up by police while trying to build a ghat on a heritage site along the Yamuna bank for Chhath Puja, where devotees offer prayers to the Sun and take dips in river or pond water.