"Not getting any official information": AAP MLA Balyan's advocate seeks clarification over his arrest in 'extortion' case

New Delhi [India], December 1 : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan's lawyer, Advocate Sujan Singh, voiced his frustration over the lack of official information regarding his client's arrest, stating that he had not received any updates from the authorities.
This comes after the Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested Balyan on Saturday in connection with an alleged extortion case from last year, officials said.
Singh arrived at the Crime Branch office and said, "I came here to meet Naresh Balyan, I am his advocate...Some police personnel are saying that he has been arrested whereas some are denying this...I have requested to allow me to meet him or give me the status or FIR copy but they are not agreeing to anything...I am not getting any official information."
Meanwhile, according to officials, the AAP MLA was arrested after an investigation revealed an audio clip of a conversation between Balyan and notorious gangster Kapil Sangwan, also known as Nandu, who is currently based abroad. The conversation allegedly involved discussions about the collection of ransom money from businessmen.
Officials stated that Balyan is being interrogated and the police are further investigating the case.
Earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gaurav Bhatia alleged the involvement of MLA Naresh Balya in the "extortion of money" with the help of a gangster and said that "gangsters" are the biggest supporters of AAP.
"AAP has become a party of goons... Gangsters are the biggest supporters of AAP. They openly extort money and extortion is done by threatening the common man on the instructions of AAP MLA. With the consent of Arvind Kejriwal, AAP MLA is running the business of extortion by threatening the common man. In an audio clip of AAP's 'extortionist' MLA Naresh Balyan, he is talking to a gangster to extort money from a builder. Is it the job of an MLA who has taken the oath of the Constitution to threaten innocent citizens and run an extortion racket with the approval of Arvind Kejriwal?" Bhatia told reporters here.
The BJP allegations come as the AAP has been targeting the Centre and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the alleged rise in crimes in Delhi and turning it into a "gangster capital."
Earlier, AAP's national convener Arvind Kejriwal slammed the "deteriorating law and order situation" in Delhi, stating that in the past one to two years, there has been a major increase in gang violence, extortion calls to businessmen and frequent shootings.
He further compared the current situation to the underworld dominance in Mumbai in the 1990s.