Delhi Police Files FIR Against Arvind Kejriwal For Violation Of Public Property Act

The Delhi Police has registered an FIR in opposition to Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) nationwide convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, together with different social gathering leaders, for alleged violations of the Public Property Act.

The case is at present being heard in Rouse Avenue Courtroom, with the following listening to scheduled for April 18.

The FIR was lodged following a directive from a Delhi court docket, which ordered the police to take motion in opposition to Kejriwal and different leaders in response to a criticism filed by Shiv Kumar Saxena.

Mr Saxena offered proof in court docket alleging that giant posters and banners of AAP have been illegally put up within the Dwarka space.

Further Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace Neha Mittal, on March 11, issued the directive to file an FIR in opposition to Kejriwal and others relating to the defacement of public property following a criticism lodged by Mr Saxena, who submitted visible proof of unauthorised banners displaying Mr Kejriwal and different AAP leaders throughout the town.

Taking severe observe of the difficulty, the court docket acknowledged that such unauthorised hoardings not solely diminish the town’s aesthetics but in addition pose a visitors hazard.

The case has been registered below Part 3 of the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007. The court docket emphasised that fatalities as a consequence of falling unlawful hoardings have been reported up to now, making strict motion vital.

Along with Kejriwal, the court docket additionally ordered the registration of an FIR in opposition to former MLA Gulab Singh and former councillor Nitika Sharma. The Delhi Police filed a compliance report within the Rouse Avenue Courtroom, confirming the FIR’s registration.

The matter dates again to 2019, when giant hoardings have been allegedly erected in Dwarka, resulting in accusations of misuse of public funds. A criticism was filed on the time, and now, with the court docket’s order, the police have initiated motion.

The event has triggered a stir in political circles. Whereas AAP has but to concern an official assertion on the matter, opposition events have began concentrating on the social gathering over the allegations.

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