Som Dutt

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Som Dutt
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Sadar Bazar
Assumed office
28 December 2013
Preceded byRajesh Jain
Personal details
Born17 February 1977
Political partyAam Aadmi Party

Som Dutt[1][2][3] is an Indian politician and is member of the Fifth and Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represents Sadar Bazar (Assembly constituency) of Delhi.[4]

Conviction

Som Dutt was convicted for beating and assaulting a man during the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election campaign. The Gulabi Bagh resident was beaten brutally with a baseball bat.[5] According to the victim, about 50 AAP members had entered his residence, with Dutt beating him with the bat after an altercation while Dutt was conducting an election campaign. He was awarded 6-month jail term and Rs 2 lakh fine.[6][7].He is one of many MLA's of the AAP to be convicted or accused of crimes .

Election Results

{{#section:Sadar Bazar Assembly constituency|Assembly Election 2020}}

References

  1. Aneesha Mathur (12 September 2019). "Special court upholds AAP MLA Som Dutt's 6-month sentence for beating up Delhi resident". India Today.
  2. "AAP's Som Dutt gets 6 months jail for assault, 2nd MLA sentenced in a week". Hindustan Times. 4 July 2019.
  3. "AAP MLA Som Dutt convicted in assault case". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 1 July 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. "Som Dutt". delhiassembly.nic.in.
  5. PTI (30 June 2019). "AAP MLA Som Dutt convicted in assault case". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  6. "Court awards 6-month jail term, imposes Rs 2 lakh fine on AAP MLA for assault during poll campaign". The Indian Express. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  7. "Special court upholds AAP MLA Som Dutt's 6-month sentence for beating up Delhi resident". India Today. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
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Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
from Sadar Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2020
Incumbent