New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has expressed concern in the case of attack and vandalism outside the house of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last month and directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to look into and fix responsibility for the serious lapse.
The Delhi High Court, while hearing on Monday, has raised questions on the security of the police and has expressed deep concern over the security arrangements.
While hearing the matter, the Delhi High Court said that this incident is very disturbing, as the residence of a person holding a constitutional post in the capital has been attacked. There could have been a minister, a judge and anyone in place of Arvind Kejriwal.
The court told the Delhi Police that after the 3 barricades broken by the protesters, you need to look at your work and arrangement.
"It is very clear that there has been a failure on part of the force to prevent the incident. We want the Commissioner of Police to look into the lapse on part of the police," the court observed.
The court noted that as per the status report, certain miscreants breached the barricades and reached the gate of the residence, and said, “in our view, the aforesaid lapse is a serious lapse and should be looked at by the Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police”.
“He (CP) should inquire into firstly whether bandobast was adequate, secondly the reasons for the failure of the arrangements made and thirdly fix the responsibility for the lapse which admittedly has occurred,” it added.
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The court had heard the petition of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj from Greater Kailash, in which a special investigation team was sought to investigate the matter. The Division Bench of Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla were informed that the police registered an FIR in this case on suo moto basis and arrested many people.
“On March 30, 2022, several BJP goons, in the garb of a protest, launched an attack on the official residence of the Delhi CM. Videos and photographs show that these goons casually walked through the security cordon (maintained by Delhi Police), kicked and broke the boom barrier, broke the CCTVs cameras with lathis, threw paint on the gate of the residence, and almost climbed over the gate, while Delhi Police personnel simply looked on, doing little to stop the protestors,” the plea alleged.
The High Court has adjourned the hearing of the matter to May 17, 2022 and directed the police to file a status report disclosing the reasons for the failure of the system.