In its latest report to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Delhi Police has claimed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers incited Rajasthan farmer Gajendra Singh to commit suicide at the Jantar Mantar rally on April 22.
The report states that AAP volunteers and leaders were clapping and raising slogans which incited him to engage in more dangerous acts.
It also adds on to say that though police requested AAP volunteers to stop provoking him, but neither the volunteers nor the leaders present on the state acceded to the request, according to a report by CNN-IBN.
The police report further claimed that untrained volunteers climbed the tree which led to Gajendra falling off.
AAP Govt Delaying Post Mortem: Police
Delhi Police has also accused the AAP-led Delhi government of trying to delay the post mortem of the deceased. The report also claimed that the SDM of Chanakyapuri wanted to delay autopsy of the farmer’s body but as he could not produce any official order for delaying the procedure, police went ahead with it.
The charges, however, were strongly refuted by District Magistrate (New Delhi) Sanjay Kumar who is carrying out a magisterial inquiry into the case.
Why would we want to delay the post-mortem? In fact when we reached the hospital, police refused to recognise our authority. They didn’t even reveal the name of the farmer to us. I don’t know why they are saying this.
– Sanjay Kumar
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