Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's private secretary Bibhav Kumar was questioned for nearly three hours on Thursday in connection with the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Harendra Singh said, "Bibhav Kumar was called for questioning on Thursday. He was questioned for nearly three hours at Civil lines police station. Since he was present with the Chief Minister and the AAP MlAs at the time Chief Secretary was allegedly assaulted, we questioned him." The officer said that they will call Kumar again for questioning. Investigators said Kejriwal's former advisor VK Jain was questioned and if need be he will called for questioning again.
Police has already questioned the 11 MlAs who were present at the Chief Minister's residence for the meeting in which Anshu Prakash had allegedly been attacked. Kejriwal, Jain and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were also present at the meeting.
On February 23, a police team had examined the CCTV system installed at the Chief Minister's residence and seized the hard disk. The forensic report on the hard disk is still awaited. The alleged assault on the Chief Secretary had triggered a bitter tussle between the Delhi Government and its bureaucracy.
In the assault case, AAP MlAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal were arrested by the Delhi Police but were later granted bail by a city courts.