March 31, 2026 08:24 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Sensex plunges 1,600 pts, Nifty below 22,400 as oil price spike rattles markets | Nitish Kumar quits as Bihar CM after Rajya Sabha entry | Modi says govt taking steps to shield Indians from impact of Middle East crisis | Bengal polls a ‘fight for liberation from fear’, says Amit Shah as he unveils TMC chargesheet | ‘Won’t mix politics with sport’: Bangladesh lifts IPL broadcast ban | ‘Feeling blessed’: PM Modi attends Surya Tilak ceremony at Ayodhya Ram Temple virtually | ‘No lockdown’: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri dismisses rumours, assures preparedness amid West Asia tensions | Middle East crisis: Govt cuts excise duty by Rs 10 on petrol and diesel, giving big relief amid global oil shock | ‘Big boost for NCR connectivity’: PM Modi to inaugurate Noida International Airport Phase 1 tomorrow | HDFC chairman Atanu Chakraborty resigned over power struggle with CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan: Report

Give the control of Delhi Police to us: Avind Kejriwal asks PM Narendra Modi

| | Oct 18, 2015, at 01:56 am
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IBNS): With Delhi witnessing fresh rape incidents, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give the control of the Delhi Police to his government for a year.

"PM Modi shud either himslf act or give control over Delhi police n public order to elected govt of delhi," Kejriwal tweeted.

The AAP supremo said: "PM sir, give control of delhi police to del govt for one year. If situation does not improve, take it back."

He also sought time from the PM and Delhi LG Najeeb Jung to discuss the issue of women safety.

"Seeking time to meet LG n PM to discuss women safety in Delhi," Kejriwal said.

Delhi has witnessed back to back incidents of rapes of minors.

In the first case, a two-and-a-half year old girl was raped allegedly by two men who abducted her from outside her house in west Delhi's Nangloi area.

In the second incident on the same day, a five-year-old was raped allegedly by three men in east Delhi's Anand Vihar area. The girl was reportedly alone at home when a neighbours of theirs  took her to his house and then allegedly raped her along with his friends.

Both of them sustained severe injuries.

The incidents took place a week after the rape and torture of a four-year-old girl in Delhi.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.