AHMEDABAD: A sessions court in Gandhinagar on Thursday granted bail to 55 workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including its Gujarat unit president, Gopal Italia.
They were arrested 10 days ago on the charges of rioting, sexual harassment, assault and trespassing into the BJP headquarters ‘Kamalam’.On December 20, several AAP workers barged into the state BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar to protest the recent leak of the question paper for the head clerk recruitment exam conducted by Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board, and clashed with workers of the ruling party. After the protest, the state government cancelled the written exam.
Gandhinagar police registered an FIR against a mob of 500 people and arrested 93 persons, including members and leaders of AAP, for creating a ruckus at the state BJP headquarters. The complaint was filed by BJP leader Shraddha Rajput.
AAP workers were booked on charges of rioting, sexual harassment, assault, trespass, assault on public servants, wrongful restraint and unlawful assembly, among others. The court first granted bail to 28 women workers. Later, 10 persons, mainly drivers of vehicles in which AAP workers had arrived, were granted bail.
