Yogendra Yadav Dragged by Cops, Arvind Kejriwal Condemns Police Action

NEW DELHI: Activist Yogendra Yadav, who spent the night in police custody after being detained late last night from a farmer protest, was dragged by policemen this morning as he tried to speak to the media.

Mr Yadav had barely started speaking when he had his supporters were pushed away by personnel at the Parliament Street police station, where he was kept all night.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) colleague, tweeted: “I strongly condemn the treatment meted out to Yogendraji by Delhi police. They were protesting peacefully. It is their fundamental right.”

The 51-year-old activist, who was expelled from the ruling party earlier this year, alleged that he was “beaten up, manhandled” at the police station. Tweeting a picture of himself with a torn sleeve as proof of his allegations, he said,

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