Delhi: AAP and BJP supporters clash, AAP candidate's car set afire

January 03, 2015 19:59

A car of AAP's Tughlakabad assembly poll candidate Sahi Ram was today set ablaze as supporters of Aam Aadmi Party clashed with BJP activists during the shoot of a TV news debate in which leaders of both the parties were engaged in a heated argument.

"During the shoot, heated argument ensued between the two groups which turned into a scuffle and someone set Sahi Ram's car on fire. We are probing the incident," said a senior police official. Soon after the incident, AAP volunteers reached the Govindpuri police Station and demanded registration of an FIR against BJP supporters alleging that they acted at the behest of an influential BJP leader from the area.

In a statement, AAP alleged those involved in the attack were supporters of BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri. "It is shocking that a mob led by the MP's nephew attacked the AAP volunteers in broad daylight when a TV news channel was conducting a debate in the DDA park at Tuglakabad."

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