AAP leader Somnath Bharti's Bail Rejected, Arrest possible for wife’s murder attempt

Delhi : AAP leader and former law minister Somnath Bharti was on Tuesday fighting possible arrest over complain of domestic violence and tried to murder his wife named Lipika Mitra after the Delhi High Court rejected to grant him bail. “This petition is dismissed,” Justice Suresh Kait said in his ruling on the former Delhi law minister’s plea for bail. As well as the judge ordered, Bharti’s counsel Vijay Aggarwal told the media that it is possible to arrest him "but there are other legal remedies and many doors are still open". The Delhi High Court had reserved its verdict on Bharti’s petition on September 17 while protecting the legislator from Malviya Nagar constituency from arrest till the pronouncement of its order. Police have sought custodial interrogation of Bharti for conducting a fair investigation into the allegations levelled against him by his wife. Bharti approached the high court after a lower court issued a non-bailable warrant for him. Police filed the FIR following the June 10 complaint by Bharti ' s wife Lipika Mitra, who said he had been abusing her since their marriage in 2010. She said Bharti beat and tortured her and even tried to kill her once. Mitra further alleged that in March 2013, Bharti had physically abused her, tried to strangle her and ordered his dog to attack her. She said she had sustained multiple injuries. Bharti has refuted the allegations against him and said Delhi Police were working at the behest of the Prime Minister ' s Office to tarnish his image. "It was a matrimonial dispute, but the opposition misused it for their political cause. Instead of solving my family dispute, they tried to exploit my personal life," he said.