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Gun brandishing: I'm a victim of media trial, says BSP neta's brat

A video of him brandishing gun at Delhi's Hyatt Hotel had gone viral on social media

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Chaos prevailed at Delhi's Patiala House Courts complex after Ashish Pandey, son of former BSP MP Rakesh Pandey surrendered before Delhi's Patiala House court on Thursday. A video of him brandishing gun at Delhi's Hyatt Hotel had gone viral on social media.

During the hearing, the counsel appearing for the Delhi police stated the weapon needs to be recovered to verify the licence and the custody of Ashish is required to ascertain the whereabouts of other people seen in the video along with him.

The court allowed the Delhi police to question him in custody for a day. He would be produced again on Friday afternoon. The police have seized his BMW car in which he was seated when the incident took place.

Meanwhile, in a video message, Ashish Pandey stated he was being made a victim of media trial. "I'm being portrayed as if I am a terrorist and the country's police are looking for me. A lookout circular was also issued. I am not denying the incident which occurred that night. I got to know about it after the video went viral. But the incident is being shown from one perspective only in favour of the other person," he said.

Ashish further said that if the CCTV footages are scanned it will show who fought with whom and who entered the ladies' toilet. "Yes I did go to my car and carried my licenced weapon but neither did I threaten to kill anyone nor did I point the gun at anyone. The gun was in my hand and on the side near my leg," he said.

HE TOLD COPS...

  • ...that he was instigated by a woman, who had shown him the "middle finger," after which he had got the weapon from his car.
     
  • And that he was being subjected to a media trial and that only one side of the story was being shown, portraying him as a "terrorist".
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