Delhi Police likely to launch FIR against AAP workers for rioting

New Delhi: Delhi Police is likely to register an FIR against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, who clashed with police personnel on Tuesday.

Clashes broke out between AAP supporters and Delhi Police personnel on Tuesday outside Anand Parbat police station while they were protesting against alleged police inaction. Police had to resort to lathicharge to disperse the protestors.

AAP workers were protesting alleged police inaction that led to the murder of a girl, studying in class 11, in Anand Parbat area of central Delhi last week. No supporter was, however, detained.

The AAP supporters were seeking resignation of ACP Patel Nagar and SHO Anand Parbat police station Meenakshi, a Class 11 student, was repeatedly stabbed by two neighbours after she objected to their verbal abuse on July 16.

The brutal stabbing of the 19-year-old girl in Anand Parbat has again brought the issue of women's safety into focus, pitting the Arvind Kejriwal government against Delhi Police. The ruling party, meanwhile, reiterated its demand to hand over the administrative control over Delhi Police to the state government.