Delhi, the national capital upped its security measures with multiple layers of barricades have been set up and a large number of police personnel deployed on roads leading to the BJP headquarters here in view of opposition INDIA bloc’s protest on Friday against the arrest of AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
A senior police official said, “Barricades have been strategically placed, and security personnel are prepared to intercept any attempt by protesters to access DDU Marg.”
Delhi Police have enforced section 144 in the vicinity of DDU Marg and surrounding areas, prohibiting any form of assembly or gathering.
Besides police personnel, those of paramilitary forces have also been stationed at many places in Central Delhi, including on the DDU Marg and around the ITO area.
Kejriwal, who is in the Enforcement Directorate’s custody, was arrested by the agency on March 21 in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case.
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