Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday alleged the Delhi Police did not take action in a clash between two students' groups at Deshbandhu College in which one person was injured as one of the groups was led by "son of a BJP MP".
"The accused is son of an MP and police are under political pressure which is why no action has been taken," party's Delhi unit convenor Dilip Pandey alleged.
AAP MLA from Laxmi Nagar Nitin Tyagi claimed, "BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's son Himanshu Bidhuri thrashed a student identified as Abhinav. He is now admitted at a trauma centre. The police have not registered an FIR as he is son of a BJP MP."
Ramesh, however, dismissed the charge, saying the AAP leaders were naming his son to "create hype and seek media publicity".
"My son is a law student of Delhi University and an activist of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). AAP leaders are simply trying to create hype and seek media publicity by naming him," he said.
"Himanshu reached the college after the argument between the two groups had ended. But his name was dragged into it to attract media attention," Ramesh said.
Pandey alleged police took no action when AAP councillor Rajesh Kumar was beaten up by BJP councillors during a joint meeting of the three municipal corporations and when a professor of SRCC was attacked by an ABVP leader.
"Is BJP giving a message to its members that nothing will happen to them even if they attacked others and indulged in hooliganism?" he asked and demanded that police take action against the accused in all cases.
The All India Students Association (AISA) had on Friday alleged that one of its activists was attacked by the members of BJP's student wing ABVP. ABVP, however, had denied the charge.
"Abhinav Kumar, an AISA leader and last year's DUSU candidate was assisting DU Aspirants in the admission process when half a dozen youths led by ABVP leader Rajat Chaudhary started assaulting Abhinav. He was rushed to AIIMS," AISA's National President Sucheta De had said.
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