Cops book protesters

12 August,2011 07:44 AM IST |   |  Atul Krishan

Delhi Police has lodged two FIRs against Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members on Thursday. The group had organised a protest against the government at Jantar Mantar


Delhi Police has lodged two FIRs against Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members on Thursday. The group had organised a protest against the government at Jantar Mantar. The first FIR was registered by Parliament Street SHO Vimal Kishore.


United we stand: Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta (second from left)
and BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu (second from right) demand removal
of Sheila Dikshit from the post of Delhi chief minister at Jantar
Mantar, in New Delhi on Thursday. Pic/Subhash Barolia


"In the FIR, the members have been accused of snatching, attacking the police personnel, trying to create riot and some other sections of Indian Penal code," said the police.

The second FIR has been filed by an inspector, wherein the party members have been booked under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of IPC.

Nearly 30 BJYM members were detained by the police after they turned violent during the protest. They were later released. A few were arrested following the FIRs but they were also released by the court on bail.

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