Allegations of Delhi Police forcibly getting into Congress HQ, beating up functionaries ‘completely false’: Officer

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Wednesday rejected as “totally false” the allegations that its personnel forcibly entered the Congress headquarters and beat up social gathering staff and leaders on a day the social gathering staged protests towards the questioning of Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate.

“The allegations are totally false and we denied them strongly,” a senior police officer mentioned.

The social gathering, nonetheless, shared purported video clips on social media displaying police personnel getting into its workplace premises.

The police officer mentioned, “We had tried to stop them and tried to close the gate of AICC (All India Congress Committee) in order to prevent a procession from being taken out. In this process, their might be some scrimmage, but police had not tried to enter the premises of the AICC and they had no reason to enter.”

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The Congress staged vociferous protests within the nationwide capital on the third day of Rahul Gandhi’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in a cash laundering case.

The police officer mentioned, “They (Congress workers and leaders) were not listening to the police. We had been telling them for the past three days that no procession is allowed. We had been giving them the chance to hold their protest at the designated place at Jantar Mantar.”

“Adequate force has been put in place. The senior police officers are also present at the spot. We told the senior leaders that we will facilitate them, but they were bringing other people also in the form of procession and we stopped them and told them that the procession is not allowed,” the officer added.

The Congress has demanded that an FIR for “criminal trespass” be registered, the erring police personnel be suspended and disciplinary motion initiated towards them.

“In an act of absolute goondaism perpetuated by the Delhi Police at the instance of the Modi government, the police today forcibly entered the national headquarters of the Congress here and beat up party workers and leaders. This is patently criminal trespass. The goondaism of Delhi Police and Modi government has reached its zenith,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala instructed reporters.

He mentioned the social gathering’s state models would stage silent protests Wednesday night and would gherao Raj Bhawans throughout the nation Thursday morning towards the police motion.

Rahul Gandhi appeared earlier than the ED on Wednesday for the third consecutive day of questioning within the National Herald cash laundering case.