Watch: Chief Secretary wasn't assaulted, but deserved to be beaten up for halting progress, says AAP MLA Naresh Balyan

In another twist involving the alleged assault of the Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Naresh Balyan during a rally in Uttam Nagar denied that Prakash was assaulted, but went on to add that such people who halt the work for the benefit for aam aadmi should be beaten u.

“The allegations made by the chief secretary are false. However, those who halt progress of the common man deserve to be beaten up,” Prakash said at the rally.

#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

Earlier, searches were conducted by the Delhi Police Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection Prakash’s assault 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.

Meanwhile, Delhi's Tis Hazari Court rejects bail plea of AAP's Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal. Both AAP MLAs, the main accused in assaulting Prakash, to remain in judicial custody