The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee filed a police complaint on Sunday, 11 October, naming Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal alongside other party figures. The complaint alleged that protests directed at Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had disrupted operations at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib and that videos circulated in connection with those protests were, in the committee's view, misleading.
The demonstrations form the backdrop to a formal complaint centring on questions about the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Protests at Jantar Mantar and several other venues across the national capital drew participation from opposition parties alongside student groups.
The complaint states that individuals affiliated with AAP — both party workers and those backing the movement — made their way onto the gurdwara grounds on Saturday, 10 October, while heading toward Jantar Mantar to take part in the demonstration. According to the committee's account, protesters moved their demonstration into the religious complex, where it was said to have disrupted the surrounding area.
The DSGMC put forward the position that those who had gathered were attempting to turn the religious space of the 'Guru Ghar' into a venue for political ends. The complaint contains allegations, and those allegations alone carry no power to confirm that the named leaders acted improperly.
According to the complaint, a crowd had assembled outside the venue in an attempt to join the demonstration, though officers intervened to stop their movement and took a number of them into custody. The complaint also alleged that participants chanted political slogans within the religious site, which authorities said affected the atmosphere of worship and ran counter to the accepted customs of the Gurdwara.
The complaint, as carried by a reputable news channel, alleged that organised political conduct within the sacred premises had offended the sentiments of the Sikh Sangat.
Footage that circulated on social media, purportedly showing officers entering Bangla Sahib with their footwear on, served as the point around which the controversy took hold. Officers with Delhi Police countered that characterisation of the footage by explaining that their personnel had been moving through a shared corridor that devotees routinely use on their way to the shoe-removal area outside the gurdwara entrance.
In a post on X, police stated that the footage had been spread intentionally to provoke hostility toward a religious community and posed a threat to communal harmony.
Authorities announced that court proceedings were being prepared, while the Press Information Bureau moved to counter inaccurate social media posts connected to the demonstrations, as security measures across the capital were reinforced.
