Chief Secretary Assault case: Kejriwal Agrees to Join Probe
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will join the police investigation on Friday in a case relating to the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash in February this year. Kejriwal has agreed to join the investigation after a notice in this regard was sent to him by Delhi Police.
Kejriwal, in a letter, urged the SHO of the Civil Lines police station to defer the meeting from 11 am to 5 pm on Friday.
He also said that he will video record the proceedings.
"I wish to video record the entire proceedings during the investigation. If you have any objection, then I would request you to kindly make arrangements at your end to video record the same," Kejriwal wrote.
On February 20, the Chief Secretary had alleged that he was assaulted by two Aam Aadmi Party MLAs – Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal, in the presence of Kejriwal at the his residence. However, AAP had maintained that there was no assault and that it was just a heated discussion. Following this, Prakash filed a complaint with the police alleging assault and conspiracy.
An earlier report by Newsclick observes: “What this incident really represents is the complete chasm that exists between the AAP government, elected by a massive mandate in 2015 in the teeth of a Modi wave. Since its election, the Kejriwal-led govt. has been systematically hounded by the BJP-led Central govt. through diverse means. In this tussle, Delhi’s bureaucracy has also been used as a pawn. In 2015, the Lt.Governor of Delhi was Najeeb Jung and the war between him, as the representative of the central govt., and the AAP govt. erupted straight away.”
So far, the police have questioned 11 AAP MLAs, who were present for the meeting at the chief minister's residence on February 19.
(With inputs from IANS)
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