Delhi Police detain Aam Aadmi Party leaders protesting Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest

Several Aam Aadmi Party leaders including Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti and Chandigarh Mayor Kuldeep Kumar Tita were detained by the Delhi Police on Tuesday for protesting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, The Indian Express reported.

The Enforcement Directorate had arrested the Delhi chief minister in connection with the liquor excise policy case on Thursday. On Friday, the Rouse Avenue Court remanded Kejriwal to the central law enforcement agency’s custody till March 28.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Aam Aadmi Party had called for a gherao of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home causing the Delhi police, which reports to the Union home ministry, to beef up security measures in the national capital.

The Delhi Police asked protestors outside the Patel Chowk metro station in central Delhi to disperse, saying that prohibitory orders had been imposed and that no permission had been granted for protests, reported ANI. The police asked the Aam Aadmi Party workers and leaders to clear the area within five minutes.

Opposition parties organised under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, or the INDIA bloc, will hold a joint rally in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on March 31 to protest against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

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