Assault on CS: Police seize hard disk of CCTV from CM’s house

NEWDELHI: If you say anything to officers, they get upset. I fight for you but these people — the BJP, LG, officers — obstruct me. I fight but for people ARVIND KEJRIWAL, Delhi CM

The Delhi Police on Friday visited Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence and seized hard disks with recordings of 21 CCTVs in connection with the alleged assault on chief secretary Anshu Prakash by AAP MLAs on Monday night.

A police team, including cyber crime and forensics experts, had reached the CM’s residence on Friday to collect evidence related to the alleged incident.

Reacting to the police search for evidence, Kejriwal wrote on Twitter that his council of ministers had sought an appointment with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. “A huge posse of policemen was sent to my residence. The entire CM residence is being searched over allegations of two slaps. But when will Amit Shah be questioned in connection with Judge Loya’s death,” Kejriwal wrote in another Tweet.

Speaking at a public meeting later in the day, he also said, “If you say anything to officers, they get upset. I fight for you but these people — the BJP, L-G, officers obstruct me. I fight but for people.”

Harender Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police, said all the 21 cameras found at the CM’s residence were slow by 40 minutes and 42 seconds. “The complaint says the assault happened between midnight and 12.30am on Tuesday,” Singh said. The footage of one CCTV camera showed the chief secretary leaving CM’s residence around 11.30pm on Monday.

The additional DCP said the visit to the CM’s residence was carried out after informing the people in-charge of the maintenance of the place.

Delhi government spokesperson Arunoday Prakash called the search an attempt to humiliate the CM.