NEW DELHI, June 9 � Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar was today arrested on charges of cheating and fraud in obtaining his law degree, triggering a no-holds barred attack by the AAP government, which accused the Centre of creating an �Emergency-like situation� in the city, reports PTI.
Forty-nine-year-old Tomar, MLA from Trinagar and a first-time minister, was arrested around 11 am following investigation into a complaint by the Bar Council of Delhi that he had obtained a fake law degree from the Institute of Legal Studies College in Munger, Bihar.
The arrest came in the midst of a raging battle between the AAP government and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung over the powers of the city government, giving a new political twist to the murky fight.
Stung by the arrest, the AAP unleashed an attack on the Modi government, accusing it of creating an �Emergency-like� situation in the national capital to avert the Delhi government�s crackdown on corruption.
One of the AAP leaders alleged that the arrest �conspiracy� was hatched in the Union Home Minister�s office at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party would not be cowed down but fight back.
NEW DELHI, June 9 � Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar was today arrested on charges of cheating and fraud in obtaining his law degree, triggering a no-holds barred attack by the AAP government, which accused the Centre of creating an �Emergency-like situation� in the city, reports PTI.
Forty-nine-year-old Tomar, MLA from Trinagar and a first-time minister, was arrested around 11 am following investigation into a complaint by the Bar Council of Delhi that he had obtained a fake law degree from the Institute of Legal Studies College in Munger, Bihar.
The arrest came in the midst of a raging battle between the AAP government and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung over the powers of the city government, giving a new political twist to the murky fight.
Stung by the arrest, the AAP unleashed an attack on the Modi government, accusing it of creating an �Emergency-like� situation in the national capital to avert the Delhi government�s crackdown on corruption.
One of the AAP leaders alleged that the arrest �conspiracy� was hatched in the Union Home Minister�s office at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party would not be cowed down but fight back.
