CS assault: Deputy CM to be questioned today

New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will be quizzed on Friday after he agreed to join the investigation in the chief secretary assault case, police said on Thursday. Sisodia was on Wednesday sent a notice to join the probe, days after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned for over three hours in connection with the matter.

In a reply to the Delhi Police, Sisodia said that he will be joining the investigation on Friday at 4.30 pm, adding that the proceedings will be video recorded. A Delhi police team will visit Sisodia's residence at Mathura Road on Friday, a senior police official said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was quizzed on Friday. The police have already questioned 11 AAP MLAs present at the chief minister's residence for the meeting. Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was allegedly attacked during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence on February 19. Police said the chief minister and the deputy chief minister were present when the alleged assault took place. Kejriwal, his former advisor V K Jain and Sisodia were also present in the meeting. Jain was also questioned in the case.

On February 23, a police team had examined the CCTV system installed at the chief minister's residence in the Civil Lines area and seized the hard disk.