Caught on Camera: AAP lawmaker's aide mercilessly thrashes a man on Delhi's busy road; policemen watch

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party legislator's aide allegedly thrashed a man in Delhi busy road in front of policemen. The whole incident was caught on camera and the cops can be seen standing by the side and helplessly watching Saurabh Jha, thrashing and beating the man mercilessly. Even Jhan uses a police baton to beat him.

The incident took place on 14 November on Delhi's busy road. In the video, that went viral on the social media, shows, a shirtless man sitting on a marshy land by a busy road in Kirari near Delhi. The man can be seen pleading for mercy before Saurabh Jha, who is aide of Kirari legislator Rituraj Jha, but he continuously thrashes him. Saurabh Jha also works for the AAP's Poorvanchal Morcha.

As a policeman can be seen requesting the worker to stop and other two policemen can be seen standing in a corner and watching.

Defending themselves, police said Vikas, the man who was beaten by Jha, has several cases against him. On November 14, he and his friends molested a woman and were beaten up by locals, the police said.

As soon the police reached the spot, Vikas and his friends flew away. As they chased him, "a mob of 40 to 50 people" caught Vikas and thrashed him, the police said. He was later rescued by the police later and arrested.

Also, police said that Vikar brother was named in gang-rape case two years ago. According to their family, their mother had approached Saurabh Jha to help her son get through the case. The family alleges that Mr Jha demanded Rs. 25 lakh to "settle" the case. The family said he was furious when they refused to pay up and hence, thrashed Vikas. Meanwhile, no action has been taken on the family's complaint against Saurabh Jha.

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