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Arvind Kejriwal Demands Probe Into Cops’ ‘Assault’ on Transporter

Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar saw clashes after purported videos went viral showing cops thrashing a man, as also the man chasing them with a sword in hand.
PTI
17 Jun 2019
Arvind Kejriwal Demands Probe Into Cops’ ‘Assault’ on Transporter
Image Courtesy: New Indian Express

New Delhi:  Delhi chief minister Arvind  Kejriwal on Monday demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal take strict action against the police personnel who allegedly assaulted a driver in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar on Sunday.        

Kejriwal, who met the family of the man, said the Delhi police's "brutality" in Mukherjee Nagar area on Sunday was highly condemnable and unjustified.           

"I demand an impartial probe into the whole incident & strict action against the guilty. Protectors of citizens can't be allowed to turn into uncontrolled violent mobsters," the chief minister tweeted. Talking to reporters later, Kejriwal said: "I appeal to the home minister and the LG to take strict action against the guilty so that no citizen is treated like this in the future."           

A police officer was injured on Sunday when he was allegedly attacked by a tempo driver after an accident between their vehicles.        

In one of the purported videos that have gone viral one social media, the man was seen chasing some policemen with a sword in his hand, while the policemen were seen thrashing him with batons in another.         

"Incidents of crime have increased in Delhi. The home minister and the LG need to act strictly. It was an unfortunate incident. I hope that the guilty police personnel will be punished severely," Kejriwal said.           

According to the police, three personnel have been suspended for their "unprofessional conduct" in handling the matter and legal action would be taken on the basis of an inquiry, which would be conducted by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Vijayanta Arya and two other senior officers.         

According to a senior officer, the accident between a 'Gramin Sewa' tempo and the police vehicle led to an argument between them that soon turned violent.         

The tempo driver, said to be a Sikh, allegedly attacked the police personnel with a sword and also drove dangerously, the officer said.       

The issue soon took a political turn with Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the BJP MLA from Rajouri Garden, claiming that the policemen insulted the man by attacking his turban.  

In Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal and Aam Aadmi Party also slammed the Delhi Police for the alleged assault of a tempo driver and his son by some personnel of the force in the national capital's Mukherjee Nagar area.         

Meanwhile, a group of private transporters Monday demanded that police personnel who beat up a tempo driver in the national capital's Mukherjee Nagar area be sacked immediately.      

 The Bharatiya Private Transport Mazdoor Mahasangh, a unit of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, deplored the incident that took place on Sunday, and alleged that "corrupt" traffic policemen demand money from auto drivers and challan them if they don't do so.

Delhi Transporter Thrashed
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Mukherjee Nagar Clashes
Arvind Kejriwal
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