Chandigarh, Nov. 5 -- A local court in Chandigarh on Tuesday acquitted former Punjab cabinet minister and Kharar MLA Anmol Gagan Maan and three other senior leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in an FIR registered against them in 2021 at Sector 39 police station.

The other acquitted AAP leaders include Rajwinder Kaur Gill, Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Gill, and Dr Sunny Singh Ahluwalia.

The case was filed on the complaint of ASI Mahabir Singh of the UT Police under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Sections 188, 323, 332, and 353. The prosecution alleged that on August 29, 2021, AAP leaders, including Anmol Gagan Maan, gathered at Sector 37 to encircle the Punjab BJP office in violation of the district collector's...