Manoj Kumar is a politician of

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Political career

Kumar won the seat, defeating the Dushyant Kumar Gautam of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 7490 votes in 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election from Kondli. In 2015, Manoj Kumar was arrested in a case of alleged cheating and

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. Kumar then complained of chest pain and was hospitalized, but AIIMS discharged him saying that he didn't need hospitalization.

Convictions

In 2019, Manoj Kumar was sentenced to 3 months in prison for obstruction of polling process. He was subsequently convicted of assault upon woman a month later.

References

Living people Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Delhi Delhi MLAs 2013–2015 Delhi MLAs 2015–2020 Crime in Delhi Indian prisoners and detainees Inmates of Tihar Jail Year of birth missing (living people) {{AAP-politician-stub