Arvind Kejriwal aide Sanjay Singh booed away by Yogendra Yadav supporters

NEW DELHI: The rift between Arvind Kejriwal and Yogendra Yadav showed up on Wednesday after AAP leader Sanjay Singh, who wanted to protest Yadav's arrest by the Delhi Police, was heckled and shouted at by the rebel leader's supporters.

Yadav, the founder-member of farmer rights group Swaraj Abhiyan, was arrested on Tuesday from Jantar Mantar, where he held a protest, demanding adequate compensation for farmers affected by the land bill as well as those hit by crop loss.

Singh, along with other AAP supporters, tried to meet Yadav at Central Delhi police station on Wednesday but was booed away by Yadav supporters. "We don't need your support, go back," Singh was told.

Singh, however, told Times Now that AAP was not trying to extract mileage from the arrest to push its case against the Delhi Police's functioning.

Kejriwal has demanded direct control of the Delhi Police for the force's efficient functioning.

Kejriwal on Tuesday set aside differences with Yadav and tweeted strongly against the Delhi Police action.

"I strongly condemn the treatment meted out to Yogendraji by Delhi Police," Kejriwal said in a tweet.

"They were protesting peacefully. It is their fundamental right," the chief minister added.

Yadav claimed Delhi Police manhandled and beat him.

"I have been beaten up, manhandled, dragged, pushed and arrested at the parliament street police station," he tweeted early Tuesday along with a picture of himself.