

Updated On: 23 March, 2024 04:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
City leaders allege they were assaulted by Mumbai police officers during their protest against Kejriwal’s arrest in an excise case

AAP Mumbai President Preeti Sharma Menon and party workers being detained by the police near the ED office. Pic/Satej Shinde
As news broke of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in an alleged liquor scam late Thursday evening, several leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came out in protest in Mumbai. According to the police, numerous AAP leaders had gathered near the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Mumbai around 11 pm to stage their protest. The MRA Marg police booked 10 AAP leaders, who were subsequently presented in court on Friday.
According to the police, AAP leaders Preeti Sharma Menon, Ruben Mascarehas, Pius Verghese, Manu Pillai, Suresh Acharya, Aditya Paul, Sajid Waheed Khan, Sundar Padmukh, Atanyu Mukherjee, and Sudesh Patel were among those detained by the MRA Marg police. “Ten AAP leaders were produced in court, granted bail, and subsequently released,” Senior PI Santosh Dhanvate of the MRA Marg police station said.