Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to politician Shrikant Tyagi, arrested for assaulting a woman at a Noida society few months ago, in a Gangster Act case.

Tyagi was earlier granted bail in connection with three cases but remained in jail as he was booked under the Gangster Act by the Delhi Police.

He was booked by the Uttar Pradesh police for assaulting a woman after an argument with her inside a housing society in Noida, bulldozers arrived at the site on Monday morning, 8 August, and razed an allegedly illegal construction attached to the residence of the politician.

Tyagi had encroached a part of the common area at the Grand Omaxe society in Noida’s Sector 93 in front of his flat by constructing a structure with pillars and tiles. He had also planted trees in alleged violation of the rules.