No action to be taken in plaint against Sisodia: Police

“The Delhi police gets complaints from many people. We have got complaint from Ghazipur Mandi. If the complaint involves any cognizable offence, then we take action. The complaint received by us doesn’t involve any cognizable offence,” said Delhi Police chief spokesperson Taj Hassan.

He added: “In Dinesh Mohaniya case, the complaint was cognizable. After the statements of the women were recorded in front of the magistrate, arrest was made. Also, he was not joining the investigation, therefore, arrest was made.” 

“Many public representatives file complaints against other public representatives. But action is taken only after legal scrutiny. The Delhi Police clarifies that no legal action will be taken in the complaint. The MLAs reached there despite Section 144 CrPC being imposed,” the official added.

Elaborating on the case, in which Mohaniya was arrested, DCP (South) Ishwar Singh said, “On the basis of the statements given by victims under 164 CrPC (judicial confession), further sections were imposed. Dinesh Mohaniya was sent notice twice. He was asked to join the investigation. He kept evading.”

He added: “It seemed that he was not cooperating and, therefore, the arrest was made. (Press) Conference was going on for a long time. His conduct was non-cooperative and evading. He had also slapped a resident of Govindpuri.” 

Fifty-two MLAs of the ruling AAP on Sunday created a high drama here as they marched to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence to “surrender” before him but were detained more than a kilometre away.

The MLAs, including six ministers, were detained for violating prohibitory orders around 7 Race Course Road residence of the Prime Minister, a high security area. The police, which asserted that they would take action against anybody violating the law, detained them outside Race Course Metro station and took them to the Parliament Street police station. They were released after some time.