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Chief Secretary assault: Cops at Kejriwal’s home to review CCTV footage

Delhi Police on Friday swooped down on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here to review CCTV visuals of the night…

Chief Secretary assault: Cops at Kejriwal’s home to review CCTV footage

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: Twitter)

Delhi Police on Friday swooped down on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here to review CCTV visuals of the night of February 19 when Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was allegedly assaulted in the premises by two AAP MLAs.

A team of at least two dozen police officers reached the CM’s residence in Flagstaff Road in Delhi’s Civil Lines at around 12 noon and were seen rushing inside the property.

The raid takes place a day after Kejriwal’s adviser VK Jain told police that he saw Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal “physically assaulting” Prakash.

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The AAP defended by stating that Jain had initially told police that he did not witness any assault and police has threatened Jain to change his statement.

On Tuesday, the Chief Secretary had alleged that he was beaten up by the two AAP MLAs in the presence of Kejriwal at the Chief Minister’s residence on Monday night, where he had been called for an emergency meeting.

The AAP had denied the charges of assault and said that the Chief Secretary was making allegations at the behest of the BJP.

Police later arrested Khan and Jarwal and they were sent to judicial custody till Thursday.

According to the Chief Secretary, the Chief Minister’s adviser had called him over the phone and asked him to come to the Chief Minister’s residence for the meeting and Jain was also present there.

On Thursday, the Delhi Police submitted Jain’s statement at a city court, which said that Jain had gone to the washroom during the meeting and as he came out he saw the two AAP MLAs “physically assaulting” the Chief Secretary.

According to the statement, Jain also saw that the Chief Secretary’s spectacles had fallen to the ground and the Chief Secretary picked them up and left the room.

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