<p>New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday morning beefed up up security with heavy personnel deployment and multi-layer barricading on roads leading to BJP headquarters where AAP leaders and workers will stage protest against the arrest of Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/arvind-kejriwal">Arvind Kejriwal</a>.</p><p>Paramilitary personnel in anti-riot gears have have also been deployed to maintain law and order situation in the area.</p><p>The traffic police have requested commuters to avoid routes leading to central Delhi in the anticipation of huge gathering of AAP workers.</p><p>Roads leading to the BJP headquarters and ED office in central Delhi have been closed.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced closure of ITO Metro station from 8 am to 6 pm, in view of AAP's protest.</p><p>"On advice of Delhi Police, ITO Metro station will remain closed from 08:00 AM to 06:00 PM today i.e 22nd March 2024," the DMRC posted on X.</p>.<p>AAP leaders have asked party workers to reach the BJP headquarters and commence a protest at 10 am on Friday against Kejriwal's arrest.</p><p>Sources in the AAP said all Delhi MLAs and councillors have been asked to mobilise people at BJP headquarters and the party expects that a large number of people would be out on the streets to protest the arrest of Kejriwal.</p>.Kejriwal's arrest: AAP faces leadership crisis.<p>Checking has been intensified at the borders of Delhi to prevent the AAP workers from entering the national capital from neighbouring states.</p><p>Kejriwal has spent his night at the ED office located in central Delhi after his arrest in connection with an excise policy-linked money laundering case on Thursday night.</p><p>According to a senior police officer, instructions have been issued to detain the protestors as Section 144 has been imposed outside BJP headquarters and ED office.</p><p>Huge number of buses have also been deployed to detain these protestors and send them several kilometers away from central Delhi, the officer said.</p><p>All the senior officers of Delhi Police have been asked to keep a strict vigil and a watch in their areas, he added.</p><p>Delhi Police has said that strict action will be taken if anyone tries to break the law.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday morning beefed up up security with heavy personnel deployment and multi-layer barricading on roads leading to BJP headquarters where AAP leaders and workers will stage protest against the arrest of Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/arvind-kejriwal">Arvind Kejriwal</a>.</p><p>Paramilitary personnel in anti-riot gears have have also been deployed to maintain law and order situation in the area.</p><p>The traffic police have requested commuters to avoid routes leading to central Delhi in the anticipation of huge gathering of AAP workers.</p><p>Roads leading to the BJP headquarters and ED office in central Delhi have been closed.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced closure of ITO Metro station from 8 am to 6 pm, in view of AAP's protest.</p><p>"On advice of Delhi Police, ITO Metro station will remain closed from 08:00 AM to 06:00 PM today i.e 22nd March 2024," the DMRC posted on X.</p>.<p>AAP leaders have asked party workers to reach the BJP headquarters and commence a protest at 10 am on Friday against Kejriwal's arrest.</p><p>Sources in the AAP said all Delhi MLAs and councillors have been asked to mobilise people at BJP headquarters and the party expects that a large number of people would be out on the streets to protest the arrest of Kejriwal.</p>.Kejriwal's arrest: AAP faces leadership crisis.<p>Checking has been intensified at the borders of Delhi to prevent the AAP workers from entering the national capital from neighbouring states.</p><p>Kejriwal has spent his night at the ED office located in central Delhi after his arrest in connection with an excise policy-linked money laundering case on Thursday night.</p><p>According to a senior police officer, instructions have been issued to detain the protestors as Section 144 has been imposed outside BJP headquarters and ED office.</p><p>Huge number of buses have also been deployed to detain these protestors and send them several kilometers away from central Delhi, the officer said.</p><p>All the senior officers of Delhi Police have been asked to keep a strict vigil and a watch in their areas, he added.</p><p>Delhi Police has said that strict action will be taken if anyone tries to break the law.</p>