New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS): Aam Aadmi Party supporters Tuesday pelted stones at police officials here, police said.

According to officials, a constable was hurt and taken to a nearby hospital.

“They (the AAP) are pelting stones intermittently. We will take legal action as required,” Joint Commissioner of Police Mukesh Kumar Meena told IANS.

A journalist, Nagendra Nath Mishra, who tried entering the protest site was allegedly beaten up by police.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet members are holding a sit-in in the heart of Delhi to demand that Delhi Police is brought under their control and action taken against five police officials.

Kejriwal refused police to change protest venue

The Delhi Police Tuesday tried to persuade Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal twice to change his protest venue. However, he refused to budge, officials said.

“We have spoken to Kejriwal twice, and tried to persuade him to shift the protest base to Jantar Mantar as, like here, Section 144 is not implemented in that area,” Deputy Commissioner of police (New Delhi) S.B.S. Tyagi told IANS.

Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) prohibits the assembly of more than five people in one place.

Citing security reasons ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, Tyagi said: “We keep receiving inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and can say that there is a looming threat.”

However, according to officials, Kejriwal refused outright and said he will not move until his “demands are met”.

The protest by Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues continued for the second day Tuesday as he demanded control over Delhi Police and suspension of five police officials.

The chief minister, along with his ministers and volunteers, spent the entire night on the road outside the Rail Bhavan in the heart of central Delhi, raising slogans.