Punjab Police Withdraw Additional Security Cover For Arvind Kejriwal Amid Delhi Police Concerns

New Delhi: The Punjab police have withdrawn additional security personnel assigned to the former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal . The Punjab police decided to pull out the security of the AAP convener after the Delhi police raised concerns regarding the involvement of Punjab’s security forces in protecting Kejriwal outside the state.

"Time to time, we get reports of threats to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies. Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.

"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.

The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.