Arvind Kejriwal says AAP van attacked; Delhi Police request formal complaint

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday assured Arvind Kejriwal of strict legal action after he posted on X a clip of men seen encircling AAP's campaign van and tearing down the party's posters.
The New Delhi DCP, responding to Kejriwal's post, claimed that "no PCR call or complaint was received in police station".
The top cop assured strict legal action once the formal complaint was registered.
"No PCR call or complaint received in police station. It is requested that a formal complaint may be lodged in the Police station and we assure strict legal action," the Delhi police said in a reply to the AAP chief's post where he claimed that Union home minister Amit Shah "was behind the incident".

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In the case, EC also said no formal complaints could be traced in most of the cases.
The poll body said that regarding "allegations against BJP workers for intimating and harassing AAP volunteers in New Delhi assembly constituency, as reported by police as well as on perusal of available records in his office, no written complaints could be traced in most of the cases".
Members of the Valmiki Samaj and Dalit Mapanchayat, who held a protest against Kejriwal, reportedly attacked AAP's election campaign van passing from there.
Reacting to the attack, Kejriwal posted a clip saying: "See the evidence of Amit Shah's goons' hooliganism in Delhi."
In the clip shared by ex-Delhi CM, the AAP has claimed that two men involved in the incident were close aides of Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma who is contesting from the New Delhi assembly seat against Kejriwal.
Meanwhile, AAP MLA and candidate from the Rithala constituency, Mohinder Goyal was attacked during a rally after which he fell unconscious, as per the Delhi Police.
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Currently, Goyal was rushed to the Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini. The Delhi Police received a PCR call at around 11.15 am today after which the police team reached the spot.
"We had received a call that Aam Aadmi Party MLA Mahendra Goyal has been assaulted and he has fallen unconscious," police officials told ANI
AAP MP Sanjay Singh also accused the BJP of orchestrating the attack.
On X, he wrote, "BJP is losing badly in Delhi and in frustration, it has resorted to violence. AAP MLA @MohinderAAP from Rithala was attacked by BJP goons. Where is the Election Commission sleeping?"
The Delhi Assembly elections will take place in a single phase on February 5, with the vote counting scheduled for February 8.