NEW DELHI: Arrested AAP MLA Somnath Bharti on Thursday claimed before a trial court that he was “humiliated“ and even “disrobed“ by Delhi Police during custodial interrogation on Wednesday .Appearing in court for his remand proceedings in connection with the domestic violence and attempt to murder case filed against him by his wife Lipika, Bharti alleged police excesses, saying that he was even forced to sign some documents.

The moment Bharti was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Manika, he complained being subjected to “extreme humiliation“ by ACP Meena on Wednesday . “The ACP disrobed me. I was forced to take off my kurta. Cops also asked me to sign some documents. They showed me a knife and told me to say it was my knife,“ Bharti alleged, adding that he was subjected to “extreme discomfort“.

According to the prosecution, Bharti had allegedly slit his wife Lipika Mitra's wrist with a knife and that knife is a crucial evidence for police. Police is yet to recover the knife in this case.

During the proceedings, when the court extended Bharti's police custody by three days, Bharti's counsel Vijay Aggarwal again requested the court that Bharti be not remanded to Meena's custody . Though the court did not record Bharti's allegations in its order while extending custody , it recorded Aggarwal's submission.