Alleging laxity on the part of Delhi Police in Meenakshi murder case, the Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday heightened its demand to hand over the control of the law enforcing agency to the State Government. They also raised questions on FIR details lodged by the Delhi Police.

Reading out the copy of the FIR, the party’s Delhi unit convenor Dilip Pandey accused the police of naming just one accused in its report, even when “three people including the mother of those who stabbed the girl were involved”. “The FIR has name of just one accused. Why did the police not name the second accused in the case and their motherIJ Are the police hiding somethingIJ Have they taken bribe in the caseIJ” said Pandey.

Incidentally, the party appeared to be unaware that two people have been arrested in the case. While the main accused was arrested after the incident, his brother, who was earlier detained by the police, was arrested on July 18.

The party also alleged that there were several people who were present at the time of the incident, but the Delhi Police said there was no one who witnessed the event.

“The police are expected to take the accused in their custody. But in this case, they allowed the accused to be sent to judicial custody. This shows that the police are not serious in pursuing the case,” he said.

Pandey slammed the Delhi Police Commissioner and alleged that during the meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BS Bassi had said the girl “provoked” the incident which was “shameful”.

Incidentally, the AAP and the Delhi Police have been at loggerheads, and has increased its attack on the law enforcing agency after the arrest of its two MlAs, including former law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar.