Delhi's ITO Metro station closed from 8am to 6pm today

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Delhi's ITO metro station will remain closed till 6pm today, said Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

In a post on X, the DMRC wrote, "On advice of Delhi Police, ITO Metro station will remain closed from 08:00 AM to 06:00 PM today i.e, 22nd March 2024".

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on March 22 have called for a nationwide protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  following Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The ED arrested CM Kejriwal in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case on March 21 evening and took him to the agency's headquarters.

"I appeal to the countrymen to protest outside BJP offices across the country against this dictatorship. We will gather at the AAP office at 10 am on Friday and then protest outside the BJP headquarters,"  said AAP's Delhi unit convenor Gopal Rai.

The BJP headquarters, located at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, is near the ITO metro station.

The Delhi Police has deployed barricades and beefed up its personnel at the ITO area because of AAP's protest today.

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Kejriwal is expected to be produced before a special PMLA court today.

The ED may seek a 10-day custody of Kejriwal from the court alleging his continued "non-cooperation" in the investigation and to ascertain his personal role and that of his party in connection with the liquor policy and irregularities as alleged by the agency.

Security was strengthened around the ED office at the A P J Abdul Kalam Road and the CM's official residence with Delhi Police personnel and central armed police forces (CAPFs) personnel putting up additional barricades and throwing a security ring along the waiting press teams and curious onlookers.