<p>AAP MLA Vishesh Ravi, who was booked on charges of extortion, accused the BJP of having a hand in the “false” complaint filed against him. <br /><br />Claiming that he has no connection with the two other accused in the case, the Karol Bagh MLA said that the complainant, with support of the BJP, has filed a “false” complaint against him to “seek revenge’.<br /><br />Ravi and two other persons were booked on charges of extortion, criminal conspiracy and intimidation against a complaint filed by one Raj Kumar Sharma, ex-chairman of a Cooperative Urban Thrift and Credit Society, in pursuance of a trial court order.<br /><br />According to the FIR, Ravi, Vijay Chawla, and Virender Agarwal, had allegedly persuaded the complainant to donate Rs 10 lakh to the party in February 2015.<br /><br />The complainant had written two cheques for the party but later changed his mind. <br />When the cheques were dishonoured, the two accused, on the behest of Ravi, threatened the complainant and tried to extort money from him.</p>.<p><br />The FIR also stated that the accused also filed a complaint against the victim’s company, to further pressurise him into paying the money.<br /><br />Dismissing the case against him as “baseless”, Ravi said he had received a complaint last year regarding some corruption in Sharma’s company, following which he had forwarded it to the HoD. <br />“There was an inquiry against him and he came to know that the complaint came from me. Thus he filed this false complaint as revenge,” he said. <br /><br />Ravi claimed that he has no connection with the two other accused in the case and has “never met them”.<br /><br />Asserting BJP’s hand in the controversy to defame the party’s MLAs and ministers he said the AAP is behind him. <br /><br />“I met Dilip Pandey yesterday and he assured me the party’s support. The party knows that the complaint has no basis,” he said. <br /><br />“This is handiwork of BJP. They are targeting the MLAs to defame the party,” he added. <br />The MLA said he was positive after the court hearing on Thursday as the complainant couldn’t prove his (Ravi’s) involvement in the case. <br /><br />“I don’t think I will face arrest. The police also know the clear picture. The cheques that he has mentioned in the complaint were never submitted in the bank,” he said.</p>
<p>AAP MLA Vishesh Ravi, who was booked on charges of extortion, accused the BJP of having a hand in the “false” complaint filed against him. <br /><br />Claiming that he has no connection with the two other accused in the case, the Karol Bagh MLA said that the complainant, with support of the BJP, has filed a “false” complaint against him to “seek revenge’.<br /><br />Ravi and two other persons were booked on charges of extortion, criminal conspiracy and intimidation against a complaint filed by one Raj Kumar Sharma, ex-chairman of a Cooperative Urban Thrift and Credit Society, in pursuance of a trial court order.<br /><br />According to the FIR, Ravi, Vijay Chawla, and Virender Agarwal, had allegedly persuaded the complainant to donate Rs 10 lakh to the party in February 2015.<br /><br />The complainant had written two cheques for the party but later changed his mind. <br />When the cheques were dishonoured, the two accused, on the behest of Ravi, threatened the complainant and tried to extort money from him.</p>.<p><br />The FIR also stated that the accused also filed a complaint against the victim’s company, to further pressurise him into paying the money.<br /><br />Dismissing the case against him as “baseless”, Ravi said he had received a complaint last year regarding some corruption in Sharma’s company, following which he had forwarded it to the HoD. <br />“There was an inquiry against him and he came to know that the complaint came from me. Thus he filed this false complaint as revenge,” he said. <br /><br />Ravi claimed that he has no connection with the two other accused in the case and has “never met them”.<br /><br />Asserting BJP’s hand in the controversy to defame the party’s MLAs and ministers he said the AAP is behind him. <br /><br />“I met Dilip Pandey yesterday and he assured me the party’s support. The party knows that the complaint has no basis,” he said. <br /><br />“This is handiwork of BJP. They are targeting the MLAs to defame the party,” he added. <br />The MLA said he was positive after the court hearing on Thursday as the complainant couldn’t prove his (Ravi’s) involvement in the case. <br /><br />“I don’t think I will face arrest. The police also know the clear picture. The cheques that he has mentioned in the complaint were never submitted in the bank,” he said.</p>
