Chief Secretary assault: Police pressured CM aide to change statement, says AAP

Arvind KejriwalThe AAP has alleged that the Delhi Police pressured Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals adviser VK Jain to change his statement about the alleged attack on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by the partys MLAs Senior AAP leaders Ashutosh and Sanjay Singh claimed that this was a ploy to destabilise the partys government in Delhi Ashutosh also targeted Lt Governor Anil Baijal calling him an agent of the BJP for not acting on a complaint about attack on Delhi minister Imran Hussain and Delhi Dialogue Commission vicechairman Ashish Khetan despite being provided evidenceJain was apparently at Kejriwals residence in the Civil Lines area on Monday night when AAP legislators allegedly attacked Prakash Singh said Jain in his first statement to the police had stated that when the alleged assault happened he was in bathroom and he did not know what had happened in the room However the police state that today Mr Jain is claiming that when he returned from the bathroom he found Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash searching for his spectacles indicating the possibility of an assault Why did Mr Jain change his stand within a day Under whose pressure was he forced to change his statement Singh said He claimed that Jain was picked up by the Delhi Police last morning and was pressured to change his statementHow is it that the same Mr Jain who emphatically said that he witnessed no assault during the entire time that he was present there has now claimed otherwise he added Reacting to the allegations the chief spokesperson of the Delhi Police Special CP Dependra Pathak said the department was only following rules and procedures As per due process a statement was recorded first by the police and then the statement was recorded before the court Pathak said Singh alleged that Aam Aadmi Party MLAs were being arrested for an assault for which there was no proofOn the other hand despite there being video evidence of officials assaulting Delhi cabinet minister Imran Hussain no action was taken by the Delhi Police he added The party also named a few Delhi government officials seen in the video purportedly showing the attack on Hussain and Khetan The Lt Governor is acting like an agent of the BJP and his loyalty is not towards the Constitution of India Ashutosh alleged He said Delhi government officials going on strike following the alleged attack on Prakash was unfortunate Ashutosh said the medicolegal case report of Prakash states he was assaulted after 12 am but the CCTV camera footage shows he left Kejriwals residence at 1130 pmCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever