noida a resident of a housing society in sector 93b was booked on friday on molestation charges following an argument over planting palm trees near his apartmentshrikant tyagi claimed he had all permissions to put up palm trees outside his home footage of the incident was shared on social media on friday showing tyagi and a woman a fellow resident of the society in a heated standoff tyagi identifies himself as a national executive member of bjps kisan morcha and national coordinator of yuva kisan samiti ankita sharma additional dcp central noida told toi a complaint was filed at panchsheel police chowki by residents of the society who alleged tyagi misbehaved with a woman a footage of the incident was also shared with us an investigation is under way sharma addedthe argument general secretary of the apartment owners association mahima joshi said started when a few residents removed palm trees planted outside tyagis home on the ground floor of tower don thursday evening we met tyagi as he was planting trees on a walking path outside his home we requested him not to plant the trees as its a common area on friday while the plantation was under way a few residents decided to oppose it and started removing the trees joshi saidover 150 residents gathered outside tyagis home and got the trees removed the trees were transplanted in another area meanwhile tyagi stepped out of his home and indulged in a heated argument with a woman joshi added according to the woman while she was talking to the gardener tyagi got involved in a spat with her and started hurling expletives tyagi made some derogatory remarks against me and my family he even pushed me everything happened in front of residents she saidbased on the complaint a case under ipc sections 354 assault or use of criminal force on any woman has been registered against tyagi at the phase2 police station in noida he threatened the police that he would unleash his pet dogs on them the police team was waiting outside his home later they realised he had escaped we are tracking him he will be arrested soon sharma said the footage shared by complainants shows a man yelling at a woman saying she cannot remove the trees the woman counters him saying the land is the builders propertytyagi told toi i have the permission to put up trees outside my house i had paid preferential location charges at 6 during the registry people barged into my place and removed the trees how can gardening be illegal people didnt record the part where the woman misbehaved with me looking at the mob that barged into my place i could have also used a licensed gun to protect myself noida bjp president manoj gupta said tyagi is not associated with the party he also said he supports residents of the society