AAP says attack on student leader major security breach, BJP demands thorough probe

The Aam Aadmi Party slammed Delhi Police over an attack on student leader Umar Khalid by an armed man near the Constitution Club today, saying it was a "major security breach" in the national capital before Independence Day.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, however, termed the incident as "dicey" and demanded a thorough probe into it by Delhi Police.

Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged it was a "failure" of Delhi Police that was "busy" "framing" Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP ministers and legislators in false cases.

"It is a major security breach that an armed man attacked Umar and fired from a gun. Police should probe how a man carrying a gun attacks someone in Lutyens' Delhi where security arrangements are tightened in view of Independence Day," Bhardwaj said.

Senior BJP leader and New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi demanded the police conduct a thorough probe into the incident.

During the incident, Lekhi was present at the Constitution Club to attend a party worker's meet held there.

"Police should conduct a thorough probe into this incident to expose those who are trying to create an atmosphere that anyone can be attacked like this manner," she told PTI.

The BJP MP said that there were certain things about the incident like no one was injured in the firing and that the gun was left behind by the attacker and also slogan shouting during the incident that need to be looked into by the police.

After learning about shooting, she went to enquire about the incident. She went into the hall at the club where senior Delhi Police officers were getting details of the incident from Khalid.

"I had gone to enquire about his wellbeing only," she said.

BJP legislator and Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta also demanded a thorough probe by police.

"It is premature to say anything about the incident but it looks dicey, prima facie," he claimed.