Punjab Police To Withdraw Additional Security Given To Arvind Kejriwal | Read

The Punjab Police has decided to withdraw additional security given to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after its Delhi counterpart objected to it and complained to the Election Commission.

"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies. Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Punjab Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.

"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," said the top police officer.