Eight persons have been arrested by the police in connection with the vandalism incident at Delhi Chief Minister’s Arvind Kejriwal’s house on Wednesday, senior officers said.
This comes after DCP (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said that eight persons were identified through CCTV footage as taking part in the protest outside Mr. Kejriwal’s house by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers against the Chief Minister’s remarks on “Kashmir Files” in the Assembly.
A case under several sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to causing obstruction to a public servant and under The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act was lodged against unknown persons while 70 were detained from the spot.
Senior police officers said that several teams had been deployed to trace and arrest other identified persons.
