The controversy around the alleged assault of Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by Aam Asdmi Party MLAs at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took a new turn on Friday with a party lawmaker making an outrageous comment.
Uttam Nagar MLA Naresh Balyan, while addressing a rally in his constituency, said: "What happened with the chief secretary? He levelled false allegations against us. But I say officers like these should be beaten up, those who stop the work of the common man should be treated like this."
#WATCH: While addressing a rally in Uttam Nagar, AAP MLA Naresh Balyan says, 'jo Chief Secy ke sath hua, jo inhone jhootha aarop lagaya, main to keh raha hu aise adhikariyo ko thokna chahye, jo aam aadmi ke kaam rok ke baithe hain aise adhikariyo ke sath yahi salook hona chahye.' pic.twitter.com/BDamX7TJGe
— ANI (@ANI) February 23, 2018
AAP legislators Prakash Jarwal and Okhla MLA Amantullah Khan were arrested by the police on Wednesday in connection with the alleged assault on the chief secretary during a meeting at Kejriwal's residence on Monday night.
Meanwhile, a Delhi Police team on Friday descended on Kejriwal's residence and seized a hard disk of the CCTV camera system installed there in connection with the alleged assault on the chief secretary.
Police claimed that its action came after its request for CCTV footage from the chief minister's residence was not met.
A total of 21 CCTV cameras and a hard disk were examined by the police. The hard disk has been seized and any possibility of "tampering" with the system could be ascertained only through forensic examination, said Additional DCP (North) Harendra Singh.
The police also questioned the maintenance staff of the electronic surveillance system installed at the chief minister's residence.
With inputs from agencies