NEW DELHI, July 16: While Anand Mohan today denied reports that he was armed when he was evicted from the Lok Sabha, Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Aggarwal has taken suo motu notice and directed Delhi Police Commissioner VN Singh to conduct an inquiry into the case.Mohan had hurt himself when he slammed the lobby door while he was being evicted by marshals for disrupting a discussion on the Women's Reservation Bill. During his medical examination, according to reports, firearms were recovered from him.
As the Lok Sabha is a notified restricted area for carrying arms, this is a prima facie case of an offence under the Arms Act, said the Magistrate. His order said: ``The worst part of it is that all such activities are in full view of citizens of this country and the world by way of TV/media coverage.
Or in the converse, despite of TV/media coverage such activities take place.'' The Magistrate has directed the Police Commissioner to seize the arms reportedly recovered and produce them in court.
The MPhowever denies this. ``I was removed from the House in the presence of hundreds of cameras, but there is not even the slightest hint that I was carrying any weapon,'' he told The Indian Express. ``There is nothing abnormal in the certificate prepared by the doctors at the RML Hospital, nor did they find me in possession of any arms.''
Mohan claimed he had written to the Speaker requesting him to order a probe and said he was planning privilege notices and contempt cases against some newspapers.
``I shall continue to fight for the bill in Parliament till its logical conclusion,'' he said. Known across Bihar for his controversial background, the 39-year-old MP from Sheohar has a criminal case pending against him for his alleged involvement in the murder of Gopalgunj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah three years ago.
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