On 30 March 2022, the official residence of Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, was allegedly attacked by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia called the incident a conspiracy to murder Kejriwal.
Several protesters were seen in CCTV footage breaking barriers in front of Kejriwal's residence and daubing red paint on the main gate.
The petition asserted that the attack and vandalization appeared to have been carried out with the "tacit complicity" of Delhi police, and asked the court to issue directions to the Delhi Police and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for ensuring the security of the chief minister and his residence.
The court noted that the security was inadequate to control the crowd, and sought a status report of the police investigation into the incident within two weeks' time.
An office bearer of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had applied for a permission from the police to hold a protest.
[4] Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM, the youth wing of BJP) national president and Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Tejaswi Surya had led a protest against Arvind Kejriwal.
[6] Several of these protesters were seen in the CCTV video, breaking the barriers and vandalising the main gate of the residence of Delhi Chief Minister.
According to Aam Aadmi Party leaders, Kejriwal was not in the house at the time of the attack but his family members were present.
[5] Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya was seen in the video from the incident, protesting outside the CM's residence along with BJYM members.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said:What happened this morning was a well-planned conspiracy to kill Arvind Kejriwal.
Today morning BJP goons reached Delhi CM’s doorstep, destroyed CCTV cameras, broke security and boom barriers outside Kejriwal ji’s residence all in the presence of police.
[1] On 30 March, North Delhi Police DCP, Sagar Singh Kalsi described the events and said, "Today 11.30 am onwards, a dharna was started by around 150-200 protestors of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) outside the CM’s residence.
A Delhi Police statement released separately also noted the use of water cannons to stop the protesters and that some of the BJYM members reached the CM residence and vandalised the gates.
[3] The petition said, "On March 30, 2022, several BJP goons, in the garb of a protest, launched an attack on the official residence of the Delhi CM".
The petition reminded the court about a past incident on 10 December 2020, when there was an attack on the residence of the Deputy Chief Minister.
"[10] The petition asked the court to issue direction to the Delhi Police and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for ensuring the security of the Chief Minister and his residence.