A car is burnt to settle a debate

Police said they were investigating the incident and are yet to ascertain who put on fire the car.

A charred vehicle after a clash between BJP and AAP workers in New Delhi on Saturday. (Source: PTI)

The political tussle in Delhi turned violent in Tuglaqabad on Saturday after members of the Aam Aadmi Party and BJP clashed. A car owned by AAP’s former MLA from Tuglaqabad, Sahi Ram, was also gutted, allegedly by BJP workers.

According to Ram, the incident took place following a TV news channel debate.

“The debate had Congress, BJP and AAP volunteers. It started around 3 pm and 15 minutes later, these workers started shouting slogans. The situation became worse after the BJP workers took iron rods and wooden sticks and beat up our volunteers. Around 8 AAP volunteers are in hospital,” Ram claimed. “After this, they set fire to my Scorpio car which was parked near the venue.”

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BJP, on the other hand, claimed that at about 3 pm, AAP workers attacked BJP workers who were returning from the TV programme and that four of their injured workers had to be admitted to Batra hospital.

“AAP workers themselves burnt a car and around 4.30 pm made a PCR call, alleging that the car had been set on fire by BJP workers.” said BJP media convenor Praveen Shankar Kapoor.

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