New Delhi: Scores of members of the Christian community and social activists staged a protest outside the Delhi Police headquarters here this morning over alleged police inaction in the case of the fire which yesterday gutted a church in northeast Delhi's Tahirpur area.

The protesters alleged lapses in duty by police and said that a lot of time was lost and possible evidence destroyed before the law and order personnel finally reached the spot. "We want a judicial inquiry into the fire at the church as police have not taken any action in this regard so far," said Father Stanley Kozhichira, media director of the Delhi archdiocese.