NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued contempt notice to Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari for allegedly breaking the seal on a building in east Delhi.
A bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta directed the BJP MP to appear before it on September 25 and observed that it was “unfortunate” that an elected representative had tried to defy the orders of the apex court.
On Tuesday, the police had registered an FIR against Manoj Tiwari for illegally breaking the lock of a sealed house.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also trained guns against Manoj Tiwari and the BJP over sealing issue.
Accompanied by BJP workers and locals, he again reached Gokalpuri to break seal of the same house that was replaced by the municipal corporation.
A video footage of Tiwari breaking the sealed lock of a house in an unauthorised colony during his Sunday visit to Gokulpuri went viral on social media.
Manoj was booked under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 461 and 465 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act.
The property in north-east Delhi was sealed as it was being used as a “dairy facility” and was allegedly being run in violation of the Delhi Master Plan.
