Logo

Logo

CS ‘assault’: Discrepancies in timing of CCTV footage, says Delhi Police

The Delhi Police on Monday told the High Court that there were some discrepancies in the timing of the CCTV…

CS ‘assault’: Discrepancies in timing of CCTV footage, says Delhi Police

Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: Twitter)

The Delhi Police on Monday told the High Court that there were some discrepancies in the timing of the CCTV footage of the alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anhsu Prakash at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

In a statement to the Delhi High Court, the police said that the cameras that were seized from the residence of Kejriwal on February 23 will have to be examined by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to ascertain if they have been tampered with.

“It was informed to court that site visit reveals discrepancies in the timing. Only FSL will be able to tell if any tampering has been done. Please don’t quote police with factually wrong information,” Harendra K Singh, Additional DCP, North said.

Advertisement

The Delhi HC reserved its order on the matter for Tuesday.

Earlier, the police had said that no cameras were found in the drawing room where the Chief Secretary was allegedly assaulted by two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal — who have been arrested and are in Tihar Jail.

The police also said that seven out of the 21 CCTV cameras in the house were not functioning.

He said police will study the movement of people before and after the incident by analysing footage from CCTV cameras outside the drawing room and in the corridor.

The controversy had erupted when Delhi Chief Secretary complained to police that he was assaulted by two AAP legislators at Kejriwal’s residence around midnight the previous day.

The Chief Secretary had reportedly stonewalled a video advertisement featuring Kejriwal highlighting his government’s achievements on the completion of three years, on the basis that none of the departments was ready to clear the opening sentence as required by apex court’s directions.

 

Advertisement