Goa Police on Thursday issued a observe to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to seem earlier than it on April 27 in a case associated with the unlawful sticking of posters on public residences in the course of the 2022 Assembly elections campaign. Inspector Dilipkumar Halarnkar of Pernem police station issued the awareness to Mr Kejriwal, the country wide convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), below segment 41 (A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Under the segment, police can summon someone for inquiry if there is “affordable” criticism or suspicion that he had dedicated an offence.
“During the research of a case approximately defacement of property, it’s miles discovered that there are affordable grounds to impeach you to envision information and situations from you when it comes to the existing research,” stated the awareness. Mr Kejriwal have to seem on the Pernem police station at eleven am on April 27, it stated.
A senior police reliable stated that Pernem police are investigating a case in opposition to the AAP registered below the Goa Prevention of Defacement of Property Act for allegedly pasting election posters on public partitions in the course of the Assembly campaign.
AAP gained seats withinside the 2022 polls withinside the BJP-dominated state. AAP Goa leader Amit Palekar turned into summoned through Pernem police at eleven.30 am on Thursday however he didn’t seem, inspector Halarnkar stated.
When contacted, Mr Palekar claimed that he had now no longer acquired any summons. “I am traveling overseas for 5 days beginning today. I will check out the problem as soon as I am back,” he added.
