India, Feb. 2 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra on Sunday accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Somnath Bharti of illegally influencing the probe in a land grab case in south Delhi, citing a purported "sting operation" behind the revelations. However, Bharti refuted the allegations and, in turn, accused BJP MP Ramvir Bidhuri of land grabbing and cited a Delhi high court order in the case.

Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters, Patra played an audio clip, which he claimed was Bharti pressurising and bribing the investigating officer in the case to free the accused and destroy the evidence against him.

"Somnath Bharti's close friend grabbed a piece of land in Jaitpur; there is a s...