Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Jagdeep Singh, who was arrested on charges of assaulting a contractor and later released on
bail, on Sunday rubbished allegations against him and said the
actual issue is that of an 'illegal encroachment' of a garbage dump near Hari Nagar.
Narrating the incident of May 21,
which led the police to take action, Singh said there was a lot of garbage near
a cemetery in his constituency, for which he approached the MCD.
"They didn't clean the
garbage first. Then we asked a private company (Metro Waste) which cleans for
the MCD. We were willing even to volunteer to help them clean, and asked them
to send a truck. They first took two of our volunteers, but later after going
for some distance they asked them to de-board the truck. When asked for the
reason, they said they have orders from above to not clean the mess around this
cemetery," he told media persons here.
He said that the local volunteers
came forward for help and began cleaning the garbage.
"When we took the garbage to
dumping ground, there was an illegal office of the Metro Waste. Since, it was
an illegal encroachment we decided to dump the garbage there. Their employees
began fighting with us. They misbehaved with our volunteers. After this the SHO
of the area intervened, the owner of the company even apologised," he
added.
Singh further refuted the
allegations of him being intoxicated at the time of the incident, saying that
an alcohol test was done, which found him clean.
"They accused me of being
intoxicated. I said get me tested for drinking. Both I and that boy were taken
and checked for alcohol, none was found," he said.
"Three days laterI find out
that there has been an FIR. I contacted my lawyer and spoke to the police. They
said there is a case against me. I said they can arrest me if they want, but
they said only a bail bond would suffice," he added.
He also accused the police of
misleading him into signing the arrest warrant, saying that he was told that he
would be signing a bail bond.
"Since my spectacle was
broken, I couldn't read the bond, but they assured me that it is a bail bond. I
signed on it. 
They made my sign an arrest warrant as well along with bail bond.
Now, SHO has come to me saying, there was a mistake and ACP wants to meet
me," he added.
They made my sign an arrest warrant as well along with bail bond.
Now, SHO has come to me saying, there was a mistake and ACP wants to meet
me," he added.
Singh said his fight against
corruption and illegal encroachment would continue, adding that people will
make the BJP (which heads the MCD presently) pay price during the next
municipal polls.
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