Delhi police registers FIR against Somnath Bharti after complaint from wife Lipika.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has registered a case of domestic violence against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti on the basis of the complaint filed by his wife Lipika Mitra. Police said that an FIR has been registered at the Dwarka (north) police station.

The AAP MLA, meanwhile, said he has no information about the registering of the FIR.

Senior police officials said that a probe was conducted by the Crime Against Women's Cell of the Delhi police following which a case was registered against Bharti under sections 307, 323 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code (cruelty by husband or relative).

The FIR comes after four attempts of mediation between the MLA and his wife failed to bear any result and Lipika insisted that the police should now take action against the AAP legislator.

A court had on July 7 dismissed an anticipatory bail plea moved by Bharti saying the application was premature since no FIR had been lodged against him.

Lipika had accused Bharti, MLA from Malviya Nagar, of prolonged domestic violence and had approached the Delhi Commission for Women with her complaint.

The DCW had served notices to Bharti after which they had recommended that police case be registered against him.

In her complaint, Lipika had said that she was suffering from extreme physical, mental and oral harassment from Bharti since their marriage in 2010. "Me and my children are subject to harassment and torture - mental, physical and oral - by my husband Somnath Bharti... There is a persistent threat from my husband and his supporters," her complaint had said.

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