Families stand by Delhi Police personnel who staged stir at Police HQ

The families of the Delhi Police personnel, who staged an unprecedented protest outside the police headquarters here on Tuesday, took out a march in solidarity with the protesters, before holding a candlelight vigil at India Gate.

Thousands of Delhi Police personnel laid siege outside the police headquarters for almost 11 hours and staged a virtual revolt, which was sparked by two recent attacks on their colleagues.

With teary eyes and a broken voice, Ritu Singh, wife of one of the protesters, said her husband had not attended a single parent-teacher meeting in their children's school.

"(Delhi Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal went to see that lawyer in the hospital. Did he ever try to find out about the police personnel who were beaten up? We do not celebrate Diwali, Holi or any other festival together and in return, this is what we get," she said.

Sandeep Singh Shah (33), who resigned as a Delhi Police sub-inspector around three years ago, said it was his idea to get the family ...