Prosecutor general on Thursday ordered former Member of Parliament Hamdi al-Fakharani to stand trial before Gharbiya Criminal Court on charges of sabotage, arson, damaging public and private properties and assaulting security personel guarding Gharbiya's security directory and Mahalla's city council.

Fakhrani, who was arrested on Wednesday on charges of instigating violence and torching a government office on the second anniversary of the 2011 uprising, has insisted that he was at a hospital when violence erupted. 

"I would never encourage the torching of my country's property," he told BBC on Thursday, adding that he has documents to prove his admittance at a local hospital, during the violence, due to an attack by Muslim Brotherhood supporters on him in clashes last year. 

Fakhrani argued that his arrest is the "bill" he has to pay for filing lawsuits that challenge the authorities, including an appeal to sack prosecutor general Talaat Abdullah who was appointed by President Mohamed Mursi. 

The bailed-out politician had also pushed for an investigation in Mursi's escape from prison during the January revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak and accused the Islamist president of failing to protect protesters and encouraging his supporters to attack his opponents.