AAP-BJP clashes: FIR against Ashutosh, Shazia, 14 arrested

New Delhi: Fourteen AAP members were arrested after Delhi Police registered an FIR in connection with the clashes outside the BJP national headquarters here between supporters of the two parties that left 28 people injured.

According to police sources, an FIR has been lodged at Parliament Street Police Station last night against the AAP protesters including leaders Ashutosh and Shazia Ilmi.

Charges of rioting, obstructing a public servant from performing his duty and damaging public property have been slapped against them, the sources said.

Police had initially detained 33 people out of which 14 were arrested late last night while others were allowed to go.

"All those indetifiable and present at the protest site have been named in the FIR," said a senior Delhi police official.

Those arrested will be produced before a local court here in the afternoon.

28 people, including 13 AAP activists and 10 BJP supporters, were injured in the clashes, police said.

Police have termed the AAP protest as completely illegal as no prior permission was sought in this connection by the party.

Police have also got the entire sequence of events videographed and senior officials said that more arrests are possible after identification in the video footage.

AAP workers had yesterday clashed with BJP activists outside the saffron party headquarters in Delhi and Lucknow after Arvind Kejriwal's car was damaged in Gujarat in retaliation to protests against his brief detention in the state.

Kejriwal, who began a 4-day tour of Gujarat yesterday, was yesterday detained for alleged violation of the model code of conduct by travelling in a long carcade. Shortly later, he was allowed to go.