Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: The Delhi police, early Monday, arrested four members of Aam Aadmi Party for putting up posters for an upcoming party rally here.
The AAP workers were arrested on the charge of defacing public property, a police officer said.
The activists, all aged between 20-30 years, were booked under various Sections of the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007.
The AAP claimed that pasting posters was not a "crime".
Other political parties also paste posters but why do police not take action against them, an AAP leader said a news agency.
Meanwhile, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that the arrest of AAP workers indicated BJP’s nervousness.
"Delhi mein chunaav karane ki maang ko lekar 3 aug ko jantar mantar par rally". AAP vol were putting up these posters...
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 28, 2014
.... Police found these posters "objectionable" and arrested 4 AAP vol. BJP nervous and misusing police?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 28, 2014
Former minister Somnath Bharti alleged that the arrests were made to avenge uncomfortable questions he had raised before police at a meeting.
ACP Nishant says that its constitutional 2 use force 2 extract info n hence they used force on AAP voluntrs sticking posters of 3 Aug rally.
— Adv. Somnath Bharti (@attorneybharti) July 28, 2014
Police said the AAP activists were found pasting the posters in south Delhi`s Malviya Nagar area early Monday for the rally scheduled on August 03 at Jantar Mantar.
"They were found pasting the posters at restricted places and were taken to the police station by the patrolling team and put under arrest," a police official said.
(With Agency inputs)
