The AAP on Friday demanded a probe by an independent agency into an alleged Rs 350-crore scam in the Delhi Police and asked Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena to take responsibility of the matter. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also asked whether those guilty will go to jail.
Tagging a media report on the alleged scam, Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi: “Prime minister, the Delhi Police comes under you. Will this be investigated? Will the guilty go to jail?”
Addressing a press conference, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief spokesperson and Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said the law-and-order situation of the national capital is deteriorating and Friday’s firing incident in the Saket court complex is a proof of that.
“If a place is secure in the country, it is the courts. There were several rounds of firing in a court. What is the police doing? A lawyer was recently killed at Dwarka. Elderly people are being killed, while mobile phone and chain-snatching incidents are taking place. Vehicles are being stolen from posh areas. Even if a crime is captured on CCTV, police are unable to catch the culprits,” Bharadwaj said.
He added that the LG should take moral responsibility for the deteriorating law-and-order situation in Delhi. “What is the LG doing? He goes to a DJB sewer treatment plant to take stock of the ongoing work, but he should also go to a police station or the Saket court complex. When will the LG get himself clicked at a police station? A woman was dragged (by a car) in Kanjhawala, but he did not go there. He should have taken reporters there too. You are roaming from drain to drain, but not going to a police station.
“The LG sahab has not done any work that will make one say that the law-and-order situation is improving. He should take moral responsibility for this. If he wants to resign, it will be seen. At least he should take responsibility,” Bharadwaj quipped.
“We want to know what did you do? How is it possible that the scam happened in the Delhi Police and the police will probe it? Where is the CBI and the ED? It is a scam of Rs 350 crore in Delhi’s biggest security agency.
Who is the LG trying to protect? He is completely silent on this. Please accept your responsibility. You are answerable. You are accountable. We demand that the LG sahab clear his position on the scam and an independent agency probe this,” Bharadwaj said.
The Delhi Police has ordered an inquiry into the alleged misappropriation of funds allocated to the force in last year’s Union Budget, officials said on Thursday.
