The comment had prompted two complaints from policemen in different police stations of the city.
Highlights
- Delhi CM asked to appear personally in court on July 14
- Two policemen made two different complaints after his remarks
- Delhi CM had made the remarks in an interview last year
Nearly 10 months after he allegedly made uncharitable remarks against policemen, a local court in Delhi has summoned chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over what he said.
Mr Kejriwal has been asked to appear in person in the court hearing on July 14 in the case on a Delhi Police constable's complaint made last year in July. In a television interview, Mr Kejriwal had used the slang "thulla" to refer to a policeman.
The interview prompted two complaints from policemen in different police stations of the city and a defamation case in court. It drew sharp reactions from senior police officials including Delhi's top cop at that time, BS Bassi.
Two constables had filed complaints against the Chief Minister, who had used the word during an interview last year in July. "If a 'thulla' of Delhi Police asks a roadside vendor for money, a case should not be registered against him... this is not acceptable," Mr Kejriwal had said in the interview last year.
Constable Kapoor Singh Chhikara, one of the complainants, had told NDTV: "Not just as policemen, but we as citizens of Delhi are offended." The other complainant was Harvinder Singh, a constable posted at the Govindpuri Police Station.
Mr Kejriwal is already facing a defamation case filed against him and others in AAP, filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. In December last year, he had tweeted calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "a coward and a psychopath" drawing sharp criticism from different quarters.