MCD Election: AAP MLA's Aide Accused Of Taking Bribe In Exchange For Election Ticket, Arrested

Aam Aadmi Party’s MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi’s brother-in-law has faced a serious allegation of taking bribe in exchange for election ticket. The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) team has arrested the AAP MLA’s brother-in-law and his two associates on this charge. , AAP MLA’s brother-in-law instead of ticket Allegations of taking lakhs of rupees It is being told that AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi’s brother-in-law and his two associates allegedly bribed in lieu of giving ticket to the wife of a party worker in the municipal elections. of Rs. Took bribe.

#WATCH | Even if someone is paying money for a ticket & someone else is taking it, tickets are not sold in AAP. This is what this sequence of events has proven. Someone paid money & someone took it as well, but no tickets were actually sold: AAP Leader&Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia pic.twitter.com/wOidm2AfUB

— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2022 Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said – Tickets are not sold in AAP

AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia said in the case of bribe in exchange for tickets, even if someone is paying for the ticket and someone is taking it, even then tickets are not sold in AAP. This sequence of events has proved the same. Some gave money and some took it, but no ticket was actually sold.

This is how the matter came to the fore

You know, the matter of taking bribe in lieu of tickets came to the fore when Gopal Khari A person named reached the ACB with his complaint. Khari claimed that he was an active activist of AAP since 2004 as linked. The ACB said that Khari met Model Town MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi last Wednesday and married his wife Kamla Nagar Ward No. . requested to get AAP’s ticket for councilor election did. According to the ACB, Tripathi allegedly 3711 in exchange for the ticket. demanded a bribe of lakh rupees, after which Khari gave him Lakh Had paid Rs. According to the complaint, at the behest of Tripathi, Khari also killed AAP MLA Rajesh Gupta Had given lakh rupees. It claimed that Khari had told Tripathi that he would pay the remaining amount after getting the ticket.

AAP leader complains about wife’s name not appearing in the list of candidates

According to ACB, However, the list of candidates released on Sunday did not show Khari’s wife’s name and the AAP had declared someone else as its candidate for the ward from which he had sought ticket. According to the complaint, Tripathi’s brother-in-law Om Singh later contacted Khari and assured him that he would be given a ticket in the next election. According to the complaint, Singh also offered to return the bribe money to Khari. According to the ACB, on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, he laid a trap at Khari’s house and arrested Singh and his associates – Shiv Shankar Pandey and Prince Raghuvanshi, who were taken to Khari by Tripathi 05 had reached to return lakhs of rupees.

ACB is probing the matter

According to ACB, the complainant has made payment and return of bribe amount Audio and video recordings of the alleged conversation that took place during the meeting have also been presented. The anti-corruption branch said that investigation is on to ascertain the entire matter and collect evidence.

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Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 5: 05 PM IST