The Delhi high court on Friday directed the police to submit a status report on the investigation into the vandalisation outside chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. After perusing a video of the incident, the court observed that the security was inadequate outside the chief minister’s residence and an element of threat was created.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla was hearing the plea filed by AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj seeking the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for a fair and time-bound investigation into the vandalism incident.
“It was an unruly crowd. We have seen the video. Some people tried to climb over the gate. They did not succeed. Probably it was not there intent also. Some of those in crowd have taken law and order in their hand. And there’s definitely an element of fear which has been sought to be created, that is evident. The police force was probably inadequate, you’ll have to answer that…At least those who were there, they were trying to prevent it. Probably they were outnumbered. You’ll have to explain what kind of intimation you’d and what kind of threat perception was there about this kind of incident taking place ” the court said.
