AAP MLA Naresh Balyan AAP MLA Naresh Balyan

AAP MLA from Uttam Nagar- Naresh Balyan was questioned by Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday in connection with recovery of over 8,000 bottles of liquor from his house ahead of polling in Delhi.

Balyan, who was accompanied by his lawyer, was questioned for almost two hours at Crime Branch office in Chanakyapuri.

"Balyan joined the probe on Thursday morning, a day after he was sent the fourth summons in the case," a police official said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Uttam Nagar constituency came under the police radar after the Crime Branch found 497 cartons containing 8,352 bottles of liquor in his house in Uttam Nagar's Om Vihar area Jan 31. The bottles were labelled "for sale in Haryana".

Police had then registered a case against unidentified people and started a probe.

Police said the liquor was brought to Delhi from Haryana's Bahadurgarh, and they had informed the Election Commission about the incident.