Kejriwal, Sisodia charged in Delhi chief secretary assault case

New Delhi: The Delhi Police today filed its charge sheet before a court here in connection with the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash in February.

The final report was filed before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal who put up the matter for consideration on August 25.

Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and nine of the MLAs have been booked for criminal conspiracy, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of three years and minimum of one year.

The Delhi Police had on May 18 questioned Kejriwal for over three hours in connection with the alleged assault on Prakash.

Prakash was allegedly assaulted during a meeting at Kejriwal’s official residence on February 19. The police said the chief minister was present when the alleged assault took place.

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 alleged assault on the chief secretary had triggered a bitter tussle between the Delhi government and its bureaucrats.