The Delhi Police, on the 5th of May, took Suresh Chauhan, a resident of Delhi, under judicial custody and interrogated him.
On the 4th of May, 33 year old Suresh, a scrap dealer by profession slapped Arvind Kerjriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi and the President of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP,) during a road show in Moti Nagar, West Delhi.
Speaking about the reason behind the incident, the Police said, Suresh was dissatisfied with the Party, following which he slapped Kejriwal.
An AAP member lashed out at the security arrangements of the Delhi Police and claimed the attack was a conspiracy of the opposition parties against the Kejriwal led AAP, especially, during the Lok Sabha elections.
However, the Delhi Police denied the allegations of security carelessness and said, Suresh was an AAP supporter. The Police also said, Suresh was a part of the road show, as his name was on the list given by the AAP members attending the event.
The Delhi Police further said, “The Delhi police is a professional force and levelling such allegations is incorrect. The force provides security to several political leaders in the utmost professional way.”
Though the Delhi Police claim, Suresh is an AAP worker and supporter, the AAP leaders refuted the claim. The Party proved their claim by saying, Mamata, Suresh’s wife said, he is a Modi Bhakt (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s supporter) and cannot tolerate a word spoken against him (Modi.)
Saurabh Bharadwaj, the Spokesperson of the AAP said, “Delhi Police planting that man belonged to AAP, this is really shameful given the fact that the attacker’s wife has herself said he was a Modi Bhakt and did not like anyone talking against Modi. This is the same Delhi Police which had planted earlier that no ”mirchi attack” happened on the Chief MInister. It was later when the Delhi Government provided CCTV footage to Delhi Police that left its political masters red faced (sic.)”
Though no complaint of First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Suresh Chauhan, the accused is under judicial custody.
Anil Mittal, the Additional Public Record Officer (PRO) of Delhi said, “An enquiry by a DCPlevel officer has been ordered to enquire as to how this person was allowed to be in the reception or proximate group.”
Monika Bhardwaj, the Deputy Commissioner of Police of West Delhi is investigating the case.
Stay tuned for further updates.
