New Delhi: Police on Sunday detained several BJP leaders and workers, including the party's Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva, who were protesting against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's visit to Rajghat ahead of his scheduled surrender in Tihar jail.

Delhi Police said that some protesters have been removed from Rajghat area to maintain law and order.

"To maintain law and order, some protesters were removed from Rajghat area and taken to Kamla Market police station," a senior police officer said.

BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that around 100 BJP workers, including Sachdeva, have been detained at the police station.

Taking a dig at Kejriwal's visit to Rajghat, Sachdeva said, 'A person who is behind bars in a liquor scam is going to Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.'

"Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers could not even provide proper water facilities to the people of Delhi and everyone knows that he is a thief," he told ideologues.

After visiting Rajghat on Sunday, Kejriwal offered prayers at Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place.

Kejriwal was released from jail on May 10 on interim bail granted by the Supreme Court in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi Excise policy scam to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.

The bail period ended on June 1, the day the seventh and last phase of the general elections was held.