AAP protesters were water cannoned by the Delhi Police.
Twenty Aam Aadmi Party workers were today sent to one-day judicial custody after they were detained and produced before a Delhi court on charges of rioting and damaging public property.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers had clashed with Delhi Police demanding the resignation of the local Assistant Commissioner of Police and Station House Officer over the murder of a 19-year-old girl in the Anand Parbat area.
"Charges of rioting, damage to public property and obstructing public servants from discharging their duty and other relevant sections of IPC were levelled against the 20 persons detained by us during the protest," said Parmaditya, DCP Central Delhi district police.
They will again be produced before a magistrate tomorrow. Six women protesters were also detained by the police who were later released after completing the legal process.
Six policemen including two women cops were injured during the protest by AAP as the protesters dismantled several barricades to stop them, said the officer.
Police had resorted to lathi charge to disperse the large number of protesters of the party's youth wing gathered outside the Anand Parbat police station who clambered over the barricades.
Nineteen-year-old Meenakshi was brutally stabbed to death allegedly by two brothers living in the Anand Parbat area for protesting their verbal abuse on July 16.