The Delhi Police on Friday detained several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters for protesting against CBI raid at the residence of Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia here in connection with the excise policy case.
A senior police official said the party supporters came to Mathura Road near Sisodia's residence and started protesting.
“The protesters were removed from the spot and taken to Vasant Kunj police station in buses,” he said. According to police, section 144 has already been imposed in the New Delhi district of police, which gets renewed every three months.
The youth wing of AAP gave a call of protest in front of the residence of the Union Home Minister and Defence Minister following which precautionary measures have been made and barricading have also been put up at several relevant roads, police said. Hours after several teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation searched 21 locations,all 14 districts DCPs in Delhi were asked to send one company of the police force, along with one additional DCP and 5 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), to New Delhi district by 11 am.
Officials said this is in anticipation of a protest by the AAP in New Delhi district outside the houses of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
The Delhi Police officials said the decision to send companies was taken after the special branch of Delhi Police received inputs that AAP could stage a protest outside the houses of Modi and Shah, as well as senior union ministers and the LG’s house.
After receiving the inputs, the Special Branch informed senior officers and decided to make the arrangements in advance. Five companies of the CAPF from the operations, and 14 companies from the districts have been asked to report to the DCP (New Delhi district) by 11 am,” a police officer said.
In North Delhi, all security arrangements have been made by the local police outside LG’s house, but they have also demanded one company of the CAPF for deployment.