NEW DELHI: A day after members of the BJP youth wing allegedly vandalised chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, AAP legislator Saurabh Bharadwaj approached Delhi High Court seeking constitution of a special investigation team for a fair and time-bound probe.
The petition, which has also sought directions to Delhi Police and the Union home ministry for ensuring security of the chief minister and his residence in future, is likely to be listed for hearing on Friday.
On Wednesday, BJP youth wing members allegedly took to vandalism outside the residence of Kejriwal, who is also the AAP national convener, during a protest against his alleged remarks on the movie “The Kashmir Files”. A criminal case has been registered by Delhi Police against unidentified people.
Bharadwaj has alleged that the vandalisation of the official residence of the chief minister appears to have been carried out with Delhi Police’s tacit complicity. “Videos and photographs show that these goons casually walked through the security cordon (maintained by Delhi Police), kicked and broke the boom barrier, broke the CCTV cameras with lathis, threw paint on the gate and almost climbed over the gate, while Delhi Police personnel simply looked on, doing little to stop the protesters,” the plea alleged.
“In this case, the violence was especially egregious as it was directed towards the Delhi CM and his family. It was meant to subdue, by the use of force, the highest elected official in NCT of Delhi and, therefore, the elected Government of Delhi. This was a direct attack on democracy,” the plea said.
