Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh was questioned at length by the sleuths of the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on Thursday in connection with the death of farmer Gajendra Singh during an AAP rally in Jantar Mantar last year.
The AAP leader was asked to explain the steps and precautions they had taken when they saw Gajendra Singh from Rajasthan climbing a tree. Also, he was asked to explain as to why they (AAP) had gone ahead with the rally even after Gajendra Singh had fallen to his death on the eventful day.
AAP volunteer Neeraj Chauhan and three other senior party leaders -- Ashish Khetan, Kumar Vishwas and Punjab MP Bhagwant Mann -- will appear at the RK Puram office of the Crime Branch for questioning on Friday, a senior police official said.
Earlier in the day, AAP leader arrived at the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch office in RK Puram at around 12.30 pm accompanied with the Delhi Police that had issued notice to all five of them under Section 160 CrPC, the official said.
“During the questioning, the queries revolved around whether the farmer was known to any of the party leaders, why did they organise the rally without permission from police and what measures did they take when the crowd exceeded 5,000, which is considered as the permissible limit for rallies at Jantar MantarIJ” said an official privy to the investigation.
Volunteer Neeraj Chauhan represents the organiser of the concerned rally in which the farmer died and the tent house owner who set-up the stage and provided for other arrangements in the venue will also be issued a similar notice in a day or two, asking him to join the investigation, the official said.
On April 22, Gajendra Singh allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in full public view in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at an Aam Aadmi Party rally.
Police registered a case under Sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) and 306 (abetment of suicide) against several unnamed persons at the Parliament Street police station. later, the case was transferred to the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch.