‘Attack’ on CS: Police say AAP MLAS acted with ‘common intent’

The Union government has made it easier for people in NEWDELHI: The Delhi Police told a Kerala to apply for the governcity court on Saturday that chief ment’s subsidised housing loan minister Arvind Kejriwal, his scheme and released on Friday deputy Manish Sisodia and other ₹543 crore under the rural Aam Aadmi Party MLAS allegemployment programme edly assaulted chief secretary MGNREGS, raising the financial Anshu Prakash at the February assistance to the southern state 19 meeting with the “common where flash floods earlier this intention” of pressuring him “to month led to widespread devastaact in a certain manner”, leading tion. to a situation where one person At least 265 people have been was cornered by 13 people. killed since August 8, when a

The submissions were made in week-long bout of heavy rains the court of additional chief metbegan, and the state government ropolitan magistrate Samar Vissaid assets worth ₹19,500 crore hal after he asked the police the had been destroyed as floods reason for including sections 34 washed away homes, roads and (common intention), 149 (unlawbridges. ful assembly) and 109 (punishThe funds released Friday will ment of abetment if the act abethelp reconstruction efforts under ted is committed in consequence) MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in National Rural Employment the charge sheet that was filed on Guarantee Scheme), a social August 13 against the CM, his security programme that allows deputy and 11 AAP MLAS. administrations to hire people for

labour work. According to an offi-