CS assault case: court discharges Kejriwal, Dy. CM, 9 AAP leaders

Charges to be framed against 2 MLAs

A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and nine other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders in a case of assault on the then Chief Secretary, Anshu Prakash, during a meeting on February 19, 2018. The court, however, ordered framing of charges against AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal for offences including assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty. Mr. Kejriwal, Mr. Sisodia and the nine leaders — Rajesh Rishi, Nitin Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Ajay Dutt, Sanjeev Jha, Rituraj Govind, Rajesh Gupta, Madan Lal and Dinesh Mohaniya — were named in the present case on the basis of Mr. Prakash’s complaint that the meeting was called at midnight by the Chief Minister under a “pre-planned conspiracy”.