Arvind Kejriwal vs Chief Secretary: No camera in room where top babu was allegedly thrashed, say Delhi Police

After high drama, searches conducted by the Delhi Police at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the alleged assault of Chief Secretary resulted in zero result. 

‘There was no camera in the room where the incident took place,’ Additional DCP, North Delhi, Harinder Singh said. 

‘There are 21 cameras installed out of which 14 were operational and recording was off in 7. There was no camera in the room where the incident took place. The cameras were running behind time by 40 minutes. We have seized recordings of 21 CCTV cameras and a hard disk,’ Singh added.

The search operation was conducted on a day when a delegation of IAS officers working under the Delhi government today met Union Minister Jitendra Singh and put forward their grievances following the alleged attack on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash.

"We have heard the members of the delegation. We took cognisance of all the grievances and concerns raised by them and necessary steps would be taken on it," Singh told reporters after the meeting here.
He said the officers wanted to officially register their grievances with the personnel ministry, which is the cadre controlling authority of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

Meanwhile, senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh today called the searches conducted by Delhi Police as ‘drama’ He also said that this was an attempt by the Narendra Modi government to impose President’s Rule in the national capital.