The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday held a protest against the Delhi Police, holding it responsible for stabbing of a 19-year-old girl in Anand Parbat locality three days back. The party said the Delhi Police had failed to provide security for women.
Few of the protesters were detained from the spot and later released.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi to meet him on Monday to discuss law and order situation in the national capital.
Mr. Bassi said he will try to dispel “misconceptions” about functioning of his force during his meeting with the Chief Minister.
“As a professional police officer it is my duty that I should remove any misconceptions about policing. I have a good opportunity with the meeting to clear misconception if any,” he told reporters.
On AAP’s demand for bringing the Delhi Police under the city government, Mr. Bassi said there was no need for any changes in its current administrative structure. Currently Delhi Police functions directly under administrative control of Home Ministry.
“The mechanism at present is appropriate. This was no knee jerk reaction when the GD Khosla committee introduced the commissionerate system in Delhi after deliberation and examination of witnesses the Parliament Act of 1978 was formed. Any attempt to tickle with the mechanism will be injustice to Delhi residents and can be dangerous,” he said.
The nineteen-year-old was brutally stabbed to death allegedly by two brothers living in her neighbourhood for protesting their verbal abuse on July 16.
Mr. Kejriwal had on Saturday >announced a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to the family of the girl. He also ordered a magisterial probe into the case while slamming Delhi Police for the “deteriorating” law and order situation.
