Amit Shah has made Delhi a gangster and extortion capital: Arvind Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal launched a scathing attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah allegedly accusing him of making Delhi the gangster and extortion capital of IndiaSpeaking to the media in Delhi Arvind Kejriwal criticised the deteriorating law and order situation in the capital stating that in the past one to two years there has been a significant increase in gang violence extortion calls to businessmen and frequent shootings He further compared the current situation to the underworld dominance in Mumbai in the 1990sIn the last one to two years the law and order in Delhi has been deteriorated We have heard that in the decade of 1990s the underworld dominated in Mumbai there used to be open shootouts there We didnt think that Delhi would face a similar situation Gangsters have captured Delhi businessmen are getting ransom calls and firing is common I have come here Nangloi to meet Roshan Lal on whom shots were fired a few days back when he came to open his shop he saidAAP national convener further accused the BJP of preventing him from meeting the victim saying BJP has sent thousands of its people to stop me I wasnt allowed to meet him Who is responsible for all this Union HM Amit Shah has this responsibility of Delhis law amp order and under him Delhi has become a gangster and extortion capitalWhy is the BJP not allowing me to meet him What are they trying to hide I want the law and order in Delhi to improve so that the common man businessmen and women are safe The people of Delhi gave me responsibility for education health and electricity which I have sorted The people of Delhi gave the responsibility of law to the centre which has deteriorated People are frightened to come out of their homes People are getting calls for extortion There is more than one such incident Arvind Kejriwal addedResponding to the allegations Special CP Law and Order Madhup Tewari stated that the shooting incident in Nangloi which occurred two months ago was resolved quickly with the arrest of two individuals and the recovery of weaponsWe have received the information that this incident Nangloi firing which is a twomonthold incident is again being highlighted We want to clarify that Delhi police took quick action in that and have arrested two accused within a day and have also recovered the weapons I dont know why it is being highlighted again even when we took very effective action he saidEarlier the Delhi Polices Special Cell on September 30 had arrested two sharpshooters from the JitenderGogi gang a day after shots were fired at a sweets shop in Nangloi in a reported extortion bid said police The police recovered a semiautomatic pistol with five live cartridges a countrymade pistol with four live cartridges and a motorcycle used in the crime According to the police the two accused are Hari Om alias Lalla 27 a resident of Rohini Sector 20 and Jatin 21 from VPO MundkaIn a bid to extort money the assailants fired gunshots at the counter and employee of a sweets shop in Nangloi and threw extortion slips featuring coloured photographs of deceased gangsters Jitender alias Gogi and Kuldeep Fajja on one side and names of jailed gangsters Deepak alias Boxer Ankesh Lakra and Vishal on another side said police Police used CCTV footage from the neighbourhood and manual inputs to identify the duo Further acting on a tipoff police arrested the duo from RohiniThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever