AAP government escalates attack on Delhi Police, to meet Home Minister for suspension of SHOs

NEW DELHI: Escalating the row with Delhi Police, Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP) government on Friday said that Delhi's people are unhappy, the government will not keep quiet.

Demanding suspension of the SHO who argued with Law Minister Somnath Bharti, AAP leader Manish Sisodia said, "We will meet the Home Minister in evening to demand suspension of these police officers." "Instead of taking action, the Delhi police is questioning Law Minister Somnath Bharti," he slammed.

Sisodia went on to say, "We had also asked LG that until investigations conclude, all these cops be suspended. We demanded that 3 SHOs, 1 ACP be suspended, LG is conducting a high level inquiry." "We are being accused of vigilantism, but we are a different government," he added.

Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti was at the centre of another raging row when he tried to raid an alleged drug and prostitution ring but the police refused to do his bidding citing lack of warrant.

Bharti and a top police official were involved in heated exchanges mid-night last night in a South Delhi locality and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came out in defence of his ministerial colleague.

Attacking the police for refusing to cooperate with Bharti, Kejriwal had demanded suspension of two Assistant Commissioners and Station House Officers (SHO) of the Sagarpur and Malviya Nagar police stations for "refusing" to act against the alleged sex and drug ring.

"All of them should be suspended. If they are not suspended, neither Delhi government nor people of Delhi will keep quite," Kejriwal had said alleging that "Delhi Police is highly compromised."

Bharti, along with a group of his supporters, had gone to Khirki Village around mid-night last night and had a verbal argument with an ACP rank police official after he refused to conduct a raid at a building. Bharti alleged that a prostitution and drug racket was being conducted from the building.