Chargesheet in Chief Secretary assault case likely in June

The Delhi Police are likely to complete their investigation and prepare the chargesheet in June into the alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal residence, a police officer said.

After questioning Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the case, the police has sped up the investigation and corroborating evidences to prove stance of people questioned.

“We have initiated the process of filing chargesheet and it will be get done in June. It will be submitted in Tis Hazari court. We are waiting for forensic report of CCTV footage of CM’s residence to come. No more person will be questioned,” said a senior police officer.

He confirmed that those who have been questioned will not be questioned again. “We have enough evidence in the case to prove the assault on Delhi Chief Secretary at CM’s residence,” he added.

Call records analysed

During the investigation, police has analysed the call records of all MLAs and other staff present at the CM’s house when the assault was reported. “We have also taken the visitor book of CM’s residence to find to who visited when. We are matching it with the call records and mobile location of persons,” he added.

However, during the questioning all MLAs, CM and Deputy CM have denied any assault on the Chief Secretary, the police officer said.

During investigation, police is gathering the records of previous meeting called at CM’s residence. “We are finding out timings of all previous meeting and details of people who attended these late night meetings or it was the only meeting called at late night with some other ‘intention’,” said a police official. “We are also finding out did CS was called to such late night meeting previously also and who called CS to attend the meeting,” he added.

On the intervening night of February 19-20, Delhi Chief Secretary Mr. Prakash was allegedly assaulted during a meeting at Mr. Kejriwal’s house where Mr. Sisodia and 11 MLAs were present. Two MLAs, Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal, were arrested in connection with the case and later released on bail.

Mr Kejriwal’s advisor, VK Jain, who was also present in the meeting, had already recorded his statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) before a magistrate.