The Delhi Police Tuesday confirmed that an FIR has been registered against Amanatullah Khan and 11 other AAP MLAs after they manhandled and verbally abused the Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, who was called at Chief Minister Kejriwal's residence for a late night meeting at Civil Lines.

"An FIR has been registered against Amanatullah and other MLAs under section 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 120B (punishment of criminal conspiracy) , 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC at the Civil Lines police station at the complaint of Anshu," said Depender Pathak, Delhi Police Chief spokesperson

The incident was reported after the Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, a 1986 Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre IAS officer alleged that he was called by V K Jain, Adviser to Kejriwal, to discuss the issue of difficulty in release of certain TV advertisements related to the completion of three years of the AAP Government.

As per the written complaint given by Anshu to the DCP office at Civil Lines, "I was informed on telephone at 8:45 pm about a meeting with the CM and that I have to reach the CM's residence by midnight.

In response, I suggested that the meeting could be held on Tuesday morning. Moreover, I was called by Deputy CM at 6:55pm that if the issue of release of advertisement is not resolved, I must reach the CM's residence. I also told him that these cannot be released in contravention to the Supreme Court guidelines,"

The statement reads, "The CM's advisor called again at 11:20pm to check if I had left my residence. I was accompanied by my driver and PSO.

Once I reached Arvind Kejriwal's residence, I was taken to the front room where Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and AAP MLAs were present.

The 56-year-old officer claimed that as the meeting started, one of AAP MLAs slammed the door shut, and he was made to sit between MLA Amanatullah Khan and another MLA on a three-seater sofa. "CM directed me to answer the MLAs and explain the reasons for the delay in the release of the TV campaign. I explained to them that officers were bound by guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court," he said in the complaint. He said, "The MLAs started shouting at me and abused me while blaming me and the bureaucracy for not doing enough publicity for the government".

One of the MLAs, he alleged, threatened him, saying that he (Prakash) would be confined to the room for the entire night if he did not agree to releasing the TV campaign. He said in his police complaint that he was also told he would be implicated in "false cases including under the SC/ST Act". "Khan and the other MLA on my left side whom I can identify, without any provocation from my side, started hitting and assaulting me and hit several blows with fists on my head and temple," he said. Prakash added that his spectacles fell to the ground.

"I was in a state of shock. With difficulty, I was able to leave the room and get into my official car and leave the CM's residence," he said. In his complaint to DCP (North) seeking action, Prakash alleged that Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 11 AAP MLAs threatened to "implicate" him in false cases if the issue of releasing TV advertisements about the AAP government's achievements was not resolved.

He also claimed he was roughed up." He concluded the written complaint, "I request you (North DCP) to take action as per the law as the assault was premeditated and a conspiracy of all (those) present with the intention to criminally intimidate, cause hurt with the motive to deter me from the discharge of my lawful duty and compel me to follow unlawful directions. None of the persons present in the room made any effort to save me," he said in the complaint.