Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel convicted in 2015 rioting case

Delhi Assembly Speaker and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Ram Niwas Goel has been convicted in a rioting case at the house of a realtor in an East Delhi colony in 2015. Ram Niwas Goel has been convicted for trespassing and voluntarily causing hurt. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on October



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An FIR was registered against Ram Niwas Goel following a complaint by a local builder, Manish Ghai who alleged that the AAP's Shahdara MLA and his supporters raided one of his houses in Vivek Vihar on the night of February 6, 2015, a day before the Delhi Assembly elections.