India, May 9 -- Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan, who was arrested last year in an alleged case of extortion, coerced landowners into selling their properties below market value by invoking the name of UK-based gangster Kapil Sangwan, the Delhi Police's crime branch has alleged in a supplementary charge sheet filed last week.

The Crime Branch submitted the charge sheet before the Rouse Avenue Court, naming Balyan, the former MLA from Uttam Nagar, along with three others, Vijay Gahlot alias Kalu, Sahil alias Poli, and Jyoti Prakash alias Baba.

All the accused have been charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for their alleged links to Sangwan's extortion network.

While the court had already tak...