Cops to quiz Sisodia in CS case
After questioning chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi police on Wednesday sent a notice to deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, asking him to join the investigation in the case of alleged assault of chief secretary Anshu Prakash in February. Mr Sisodia will be questioned on Friday at 11 am.
The deputy chief minister was sent the notice on Wednesday to join the probe, days after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned for over three hours in connection with the matter, police said.
Mr Prakash was allegedly attacked during a meeting at Mr Kejriwal’s official residence on February 19. The police said the chief minister was present when the alleged assault took place. The police have already questioned 11 AAP MLAs present at the chief minister’s residence for the meeting.
Two of the party MLAs — Amantullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal — were arrested in the case. The MLAs were later sent to 14day judicial custody, which was further extended by 14 days. Later both the leaders were granted bail by the Delhi high court.
Last month, Mr Kejriwal’s private secretary Bibhav Kumar and party volunteer Vivek Kumar were also questioned in connection with the case. Mr Kejriwal, his former advisor V. K. Jain and Sisodia were also present in the meeting. Mr Jain was also questioned in the case.