New Delhi, April 09: Some 250 BJP activists staged a loud protest on Thursday outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house demanding the resignation of a Delhi minister for allegedly shielding men wanted in a violence case.
Holding party flags and banners, some of the protesters, as well as state BJP president Satish Upadhyay, climbed atop cars and raised slogans against the Delhi government outside Kejriwal’s residence in north Delhi’s Civil Lines.
Upadhyay demanded the resignation of Delhi’s Minority Affairs Minister Asim Ahmed Khan within the Aam Aadmi Party government, saying he was shielding those suspect of beating a 38-year-old traveler to death on Sunday.
The victim, Shahnawaz, was abused before of his 2 sons by the suspect when his bike ran into their car. the person died.
“We want him (minister) to resign because he has been suspect of pressurising police to organize a weak FIR (First data Report) against the suspect,” aforesaid Upadhyay.
“The government should ensure that Shahnawaz’s family gets justice,” he added.
Delhi Police, that reports to the home ministry and to not the Delhi government, has arrested all the 5 suspect within the case.
The parents of Shahnawaz, who owned an electrical shop, on Wednesday met Kejriwal who assured them his government’s help to confirm that the dead man’s kids don’t discontinue their education.
