The Ghaziabad police on Wednesday registered an FIR towards a number of folks after the owner of hotel Radisson in Kaushambi alleged {that a} group of males barged into his workplace on Tuesday and manhandled and threatened him. The complainant additionally stated Rajya Sabha MP Anil Agarwal later referred to as him and requested him to talk to the suspects to achieve a compromise.
The MP refuted the allegations and stated he had no position in the incident.
The police stated primarily based on a grievance given by Radisson hotel owner Karan Jain, they registered an FIR at Kaushambi police station below Indian Penal Code sections 147 (rioting), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (felony intimidation).
The police stated the FIR names Gaurav Agarwal, who’s said to be a relative of the MP, and Gaurav’s aide Deepak Ahlawat moreover one different unidentified particular person.
In his grievance, Jain stated, “Round 12.20pm, my employees instructed me that some folks have arrived and they’re threatening us to vacate the workplace. After I got here outdoors my workplace, I discovered 5 individuals shouting at my employees and so they additionally misbehaved with me. They threatened to throw me down from the seventh flooring of my workplace. I recognized two of them as Gaurav Agarwal, who’s a relative of Rajya Sabha MP Anil Agarwal, and Gaurav’s aide Deepak Ahlawat. Later, my employees alerted the Kaushambi police.”
Jain additional stated he gave particulars of the incident to the police and likewise the CCTV footage.
“Whereas I used to be giving police the small print, I obtained a name from Anil Agarwal round 1.03pm. He requested me to talk to the folks concerned, else he wouldn’t be capable of cease these folks and so they may go to any size,” Jain additional stated in the FIR.
Jain didn’t reply to calls to achieve him for a remark.
The police stated that they’ve initiated an investigation in the case.
“The MP will not be a suspect in the case and we now have not discovered something pointing to his position in the incident as of now. The CCTV footage reveals that there was no vandalism in the workplace. There was some dispute associated to monetary transactions. We’ve referred to as the folks named in the FIR to offer their statements to the police and additional investigation is underway,” stated Shubham Patel, Deputy commissioner of police (trans-Hindon).
Denying the allegations, MP Agarwal stated the FIR was baseless as he had no position in the incident.
“As an alternative, I obtained a few calls from Jain most likely across the time when this incident occurred and I used to be busy with some assembly. About 30-40 minutes later, I referred to as him again and he instructed me concerning the incident. I merely stated that each events ought to sit down and amicably resolve the problem and I’ve no position in it. Additional, the police ought to have inquired earlier than submitting an FIR, which mentions my identify being that of a public consultant,” Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) MP Anil Agarwal stated.
“However the police filed the FIR with none inquiring something from me. This has been performed intentionally out of some political motive. I’ll elevate this subject in the Rajya Sabha and also will write to Uttar Pradesh chief minister in addition to inform my senior social gathering leaders in the state in addition to in New Delhi,” Agarwal stated.