An FIR has reportedly been registered against him on charges of instigating some men to misbehave with a woman.

An FIR has reportedly been registered against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti on charges of instigating some men to misbehave with a woman.

CNN-News18 reported that the case has been registered at the Saket police station under Section 109 (punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The men who he allegedly instigated have been booked under sections 354 (Assaulting a woman with criminal force), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC.

The incident took place a fortnight ago, when the woman, who works with a non-profit organisation, had gone to attend a programme where Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was present as the chief guest.

The complainant, with a few women from her group, wanted to meet Kejriwal and show him their work, but Bharti's supporters allegedly misbehaved with her.

However, the police refused to summon Bharti immediately. "We will first record the statement of the complainant under Section 164, only then can we will summon him to join the investigation," the officer added.

This is not the first time an FIR has been registered against Bharti. Earlier, his wife Lipika Mitra had registered a case against him for domestic violence. Mitra had filed a complaint against the AAP MLA alleging he had been abusing her since their marriage in 2010.

With inputs from IANS