Police Officer Assaulted
Delhi Police Register Case Against AAP Leaders Over Alleged Officer Assault
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Delhi Police registered a case over the alleged assault of a plainclothes head constable who was filming AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s visit to Tilak Nagar. Police say AAP supporters surrounded and attacked the officer while he was on videography duty; he was medically examined, and footage circulated online. The FIR names AAP leaders Saurabh Bhardwaj and Jarnail Singh, along with party workers, and police registered a separate case against Sahib Singh. Kejriwal visited the area to criticize the BJP-led Delhi government over a newly built road, alleging its surface could be pulled apart by hand and calling for an investigation into possible construction irregularities. The incident came amid a wider political dispute and an earlier confrontation in which Delhi minister Parvesh Verma was accused of slapping Sahib Singh.
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The head constable was identified as Ashok Kumar. According to police sources, he told the AAP leader and supporters around him that he was a police officer recording the scene for their safety, but was allegedly beaten anyway.
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The FIR includes provisions concerning obstruction of a public servant performing official duties and assault on a public servant.
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Video accounts describe the crowd pushing and heckling the officer beneath a flyover and preventing him from leaving; uniformed officers eventually pulled him out and escorted him to safety.
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The separate case involving Sahib Singh relates to an earlier allegation that he assaulted an MCD garbage-collection worker; NDTV reported that he had been named in a complaint and FIR over that incident.
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