Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was detained yet again on Tuesday evening after meeting ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal's family. Apart from him, Delhi Police has also detained Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Dilip Pandey and Sanjay Singh.
Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that he has released Rs 5,500 crore for implementation of OROP scheme, the issue has gained momentum again. On Tuesday evening, Grewal from Haryana's Bhiwani district ended his life in the lawns behind the Jawahar Bhavan, which houses the Ministry of External Affairs.
When Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia went Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in Delhi, they were prevented from seeing the Army Veteran's body.
Commenting on the issue, Delhi Police told ANI, "During protest by political parties at RML Hospital today, none has been arrested. When leaders along with crowd started gathering at RML medical services got severely affected and orderliness deteriorated. Despite several requests when they didn't move, leaders and protesting followers were removed to Police stations and detained."
When asked about the family of Grewal, the police said that due police procedure is on and the family members of deceased were are being spoken to. However, commenting on police's measures, Rural Development Minister of Delhi Gopal Rai was of the opinion that the police was being hooligans with them and requested them to not resort to similar treatment towards a "martyr's family."
However, earlier in the day Home Minister Rajnath Singh defended the action of Delhi Police after it detained Gandhi and Sisodia when they tried to meet relatives of Grewal. "Whatever has to be done for risk reduction, the Delhi Police will do," he told reporters while replying queries on the issue.