Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar sent to 4-day police custody

In a significant development in Delhi's political paradigm,  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested by the Delhi Police on Tuesday on charges of possessing a fake law degree.

Tomar was in a meeting in his constituency when police arrested him and took him away.

He was taken to the Hauz Khas Police station. 

Hours after Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested by the Delhi Police on Tuesday on charges of possessing a fake law degree, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that this was an attempt by the Narendra Modi government at Centre to destabilize the AAP government .

Calling the arrest an emergency like situation in the national capital, senior AAP leader Ashutosh said, "This is an attempt by the Narendra Modi government through the lieutenant governor to destabilize the AAP government in Delhi."

Accusing the Modi government of taking revenge against the AAP party for winning the Delhi Assembly elections, he said the arrest was a "well crafted strategy."

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said his Home Ministry did not interfere in the issue of Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar's arrest here.

"There is no question of interference by the Home Ministry into the issue," Singh told media.

According to reports, Tomar has been charged under various IPC sections including 420 (cheating). He has also been charged under IPC sections 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery with purpose of cheating) and 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy).

Bihar-based Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University had informed the Delhi High Court that Tomar's law degree is fabricated. The institute had claimed that Tomar's law degree does not exist in their records.