Sisodia writes to LG, reiterates demands
New Delhi, June 13: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday wrote to Lt. Governor Anil Baijal reiterating the demands for which he, along with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Cabinet Ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai, started their sit-in protest at the LG office on Monday.
"It is in the first time in the history that the IAS officers are on strike. It has been more than three months. The work is being affected. Only you or Prime Minister can end this strike.
"You requested us to give you 2-3 days to act on our demands on Monday. We have been waiting for past 3 days in your office. I am expecting that you must have taken some concrete steps during this time. The people of Delhi are waiting for your answer," Sisodia wrote in the letter.
He also informed the LG about the hunger strike he and Jain have launched.
For the last 72 hours, they are on a sit-in protest in the Raj Niwas, the official accommodation-cum-office of Lt. Governor Baijal, over the face-off between IAS officials and the AAP government since the alleged assault on the Chief Secretary.
On February 20, the Chief Secretary had alleged that he was assaulted by two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal in the presence of Kejriwal at the Chief Minister's residence.
Following this, IAS officers in Delhi were not attending routine meetings called by the Ministers and the Chief Minister as "they (the Ministers) have failed to give any assurance till date regarding safety, security, dignity and respect to the officers including women officers," IAS Association secretary Manisha Saxena had said.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel also wrote to Baijal over the IAS officers' "strike". He extended his support to the demands of the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues.
Calling the strike a "well-planned conspiracy", Goel, in the letter written on Tuesday, urged the LG to save Delhi from "destruction".
While the Delhi government is accusing the IAS officers of being on strike, the IAS association has maintained that the officers are doing their work and "no officer is on strike".
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Four more arrested in brigadier assault case in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): Four more accused have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault on an Army brigadier, his son and threatening his wife in southwest Delhi's Vasant Enclave area, police said on Friday.
The accused have been identified as Surjit Singh (36), Sunil Sharma (53) and Ashish (32), all from Mehram Nagar in Delhi, and Satender (35) of Bhiwani in Haryana, police said.
According to police, Surjit Singh was known to the main accused Satender, a director of an aviation company. All of them were sitting together in Mehram Nagar when Satender called them regarding a quarrel in Vasant Enclave.
"Following the call, all four left for the spot in Surjit's white Hyundai Aura. After reaching there, they got involved in the altercation and assault before returning to their respective homes," a senior police officer said.
After learning about the registration of the case, the accused fled and went into hiding, he said.
"Teams were constituted to trace them and all four absconding accused were arrested," he said.
The Hyundai Aura used in the incident has also been recovered, police said.
Further investigation into the case is underway. The role of each accused is being examined, they said.
According to the investigators, the incident took place on the night of April 11, when the brigadier and his son objected to the two men allegedly consuming alcohol inside a car parked outside their residence. Soon, others reached the spot and allegedly assaulted the officer and his son, besides abusing and threatening his wife.
