Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Following the allegations and arrest after the scuffle story at the midnight meeting, the Delhi Police on Friday visited Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. The police seized hard disks containing recordings of 21 CCTV cameras.

On Friday morning a Delhi Police team and cybercrime and forensics experts had reached the CM’s residence. They collected evidence related to the incident.

Kejriwal expressed his reaction on Twitter. He wrote that his council of ministers had sought an appointment with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. He had tweeted:

 “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,”

Post his tweet, he said at a public meeting, “If you say anything to officers, they get upset. I fight for you but these people – BJP, L-G, officers – obstruct me. I fight but for people.”

The Delhi Police had registered an FIR on Tuesday against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and others on the complaint of chief secretary Anshu Prakash.

Harender Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police, found that all the 21 cameras at the CM’s residence were slow by 40 minutes and 42 seconds.

“The complaint says the assault happened between 12 midnight and 12.30am on Tuesday,” Singh said. The footage of one camera showed the chief secretary leaving at around 11.30pm on Monday.

The visit to the CM’s residence was carried out after informing the people in-charge of the maintenance of the place. However, the CM alleged that he was forced to sit for 40 minutes.

Meanwhile, the officer said, “We haven’t even interacted with the chief minister.”

The police team found 7 cameras switched off when they found them. The officer said, “Our forensic team will be able to say when, and under what circumstances, the recording was stopped.”

The room where the alleged assault happened was also examined. Singh said that it was done to ensure that no repair, repainted or any camera removal has been carried out. Cops also questioned the police personnel responsible CCTV maintenance.

The police officer stated that the visit was a result of no response to investigators’ attempts to seek CCTV footage.

Delhi government spokesperson Arunoday Prakash called the search an attempt to humiliate the CM. “There is minimum courtesy in democracy. Every citizen has rights under the constitution. Is it an attempt to humiliate a CM who is working tirelessly for the poor and the last man of the society,” he tweeted.

AAP spokesperson Dilip Pandey said the Kejriwal government was being targeted by the BJP at the Centre. “The whole house (CM residence) was turned into a fortress to investigate the allegations of two slaps. But no action has been taken over an attack on AAP leaders despite the evidence. What else does one need to prove that BJP is selectively targeting Kejriwal government,” he said.

By saket