Naresh Balyan, the MLA from Uttam Nagar, is accused of collaborating with gangster Kapil Sangwan’s syndicate to coerce property owners into selling their assets at heavily discounted rates.

In a dramatic sequence of legal events, AAP MLA Naresh Balyan was granted bail in an extortion case by a Delhi court on Wednesday, only to be soon arrested in connection with a separate case under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

AAP MLA Naresh Balyan was arrested in a case over alleged organised crimes, hours after he was granted bail in an extortion case on Wednesday.

Born in 1991 at Nanda Enclave in Najafgarh, Sangwan has since chalked up 17 criminal cases against him, mostly of extortion and firing, as per his dossier with the police.

Delhi's Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday granted bail to AAP MLA Naresh Balyan in connection with an extortion case. Balyan was arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch on November 30, 2024.

The Delhi Police on Wednesday rearrested Aam Aadmi Party's Naresh Balyan under MCOCA minutes after he secured bail in connection with an extortion case. After the Rouse Avenue Court allowed his bail application in the extortion case,

Delhi Police arrest AAP MLA Naresh Balyan in an organised crime case, while he secures bail in a separate extortion matter.

The arrest took place while Naresh Balyan was already in police custody following a separate case related to alleged extortion.

MLA Naresh Balyan was granted bail in an extortion case by a Delhi court on Wednesday, he was arrested again by Delhi Police in a separate FIR. Balyan was taken into custody on charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).