The police ordered a shutdown of four Metro stations from 9 am to 1 pm in the wake of AAP’s protest on Monday.
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and seven of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Monday will go ahead with ‘dharna’ in protest against the Delhi police despite prohibitory orders by the cops banning unlawful assembly in the area.
However in a setback to the commuters in the national capital, the police ordered a shutdown of four Metro stations from 9 am to 1 pm in the wake of AAP’s protest on Monday, Zee News reports.
According to the report, the Delhi Metro Rail Conference (DMRC) announced four metro stations – Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhavan and Race Course will remain shut.
The AAP on Sunday had said it will go ahead with its protest outside the union home ministry office if five police officials are not suspended for their alleged inaction in busting a “prostitution and drug racket” and in a dowry case.
The party has alleged that the policemen did not cooperate with Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti during his vigilante-style raid Wednesday night and on minister Rakhi Birla’s complaint concerning “improper action” in a dowry case.
Kejriwal is also scheduled to take part in the protest outside the home ministry office demanding action against the police personnel, who include three station house officers and two assistant commissioners of police.
Delhi Police, which is under the union home ministry, Sunday, imposed prohibitory orders banning unlawful assembly in New Delhi district, where the union home ministry office is located in North Block.
Police said the prohibitory orders were imposed as per normal procedure followed every year before Jan 26 for maintaining security ahead of the Republic Day celebrations and not in view of Monday’s proposed protest by the AAP.
Sources said senior officials of Delhi Police also held a meeting in the evening to discuss their response in view of AAP’s proposed protest.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh told media persons after a meeting of the party’s political affairs committee that they will go on with the protest.
“We are doing service for the people. We will not stop. Let police do whatever they want,” Singh said.
“We got to know about the imposing of Section 144 only through the media. We are fighting for the people and will continue with our protest. Let the police do their duty.”
Singh said they were hoping that the union home ministry and Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung will take action against the police personnel by Monday morning.
He also accused Delhi Police of “misbehaviour with women” who live in slums and termed the police “corrupt.”He said ministers like Bharti and Birla were trying to make Delhi safe by cracking down on prostitution and drug rackets.
Bharti has already clarified that he never misbehaved with anyone, he said.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde had Saturday said Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung has announced an inquiry into Kejriwal’s complaints and he was also looking into the issue.
Police also lodged an FIR against unknown people for creating ruckus during the midnight raid to bust the alleged “racket”, in the presence of Bharti, in a south Delhi house where some African nationals were staying.
The complaint was lodged at the Malviya Nagar police station on the orders of Metropolitan Magistrate Chetna Singh.
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