Watch: Delhi Police seizes bike of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan's son for illegal modification, misbehaving with cops

The Delhi Police has impounded a bike that was ridden by a youth claiming to be the son of Amanatullah Khan, the AAP MLA from Okhla, for unauthorised modifications and causing nuisance on the road. The incident happened in the Jamia Nagar area of the national capital on Thursday night, when a police team was conducting a security patrol ahead of Republic Day.

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Youth refused to be identified, misbehaved with cops

According to the police, these two youths were riding a bike erratically, making loud noises with a modified silencer, and driving in a zigzag manner.

When cops asked the youth to show his driving licence, he refused, saying that he didn't have to as he was the son of the MLA. Even as the cops insisted on seeing his identification documents, the youth refused and instead called someone on his phone.

Video goes viral

In a video circulating online, the person on the other end of the phone is also heard talking to the cop.

Watch: Delhi Police stopped two boys riding a bullet with a modified silencer, creating loud noise and riding recklessly. One claimed to be AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan's son and misbehaved. A case was registered, and the bike was impounded pic.twitter.com/HCGhmuUH2G

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Confirming the incident, Delhi Police said a fine of ?20,000 was imposed on the youths for alleged violations of several provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.

What Delhi Police said

According to the police, these two youths were riding a bike erratically, making loud noises with a modified silencer, and driving in a zigzag manner. When police confronted them, one of the boys claimed to be AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan's son and accused the officers of targeting him because of his father's position.

As per the Delhi Police, they also refused to show their driving licences and identification, saying they didn't need to. One of them even called Amanatullah Khan, who spoke to the Station House Officer (SHO). Despite this, the boys left without disclosing their names and addresses.

Following this, the bike was impounded and taken to the police station.

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Amanatullah Khan

Amanatullah Khan is a two-term AAP MLA from Okhla and is seeking a third term in office in the Delhi Assembly elections next month. In 2020, Khan had the second-largest vote margin in Delhi (71,827 votes).

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