Court summons Delhi CM Kejriwal, his deputy Sisodia and 11 MLAs in chief secretary assault case

Delhi's Patiala House Court has issued summons against the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and 11 other party legislators who have been named as accused in the infamous Delhi chief secretary assault case.

The accused have to appear before the court on October 25.

The 11 legislators of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who have been named in the charge sheet include Amanatullah Khan, Prakash Jarwal, Nitin Tyagi, Rituraj Govind, Sanjeev Jha, Ajay Dutt, Rajesh Rishi, Rajesh Gupta, Madan Lal, Parveen Kumar and Dinesh Mohania.


The Delhi Police charge sheet alleges that Kejriwal, Sisodia and others conspired to threaten the Delhi chief secretary in a bid to prevent him from discharging his duties.

The charge sheet also lists out a number of other offences punishable under the IPC including wrongfully confining any person, assaulting or using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duties among others.

AAP has called the case a "midnight conspiracy to defame the Delhi Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and 11 MLAs in a false and laughable case".

The Delhi Chief Secretary in February had alleged that he was beaten up by AAP MLAs in the presence of Kejriwal at the Chief Minister's residence on the night of February 19 where he had been called for a late-night meeting.

The case was filed the next morning and Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal were arrested and sent to judicial custody. Later, they were released on bail.