Court rejects plea to send AAP MLAs to police custody

Chief Secy Anshu Prakash claimed that he was questioned about the AAP government's media publicity during the meeting

The controversy over Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators allegedly assaulting Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash took a more political turn on Wednesday when the AAP alleged that its Muslim and Dalit legislators have been targeted and arrested.

AAP legislators Amantullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal, arrested for alleged assault on Prakash, were today sent in judicial custody for one day. The court is scheduled to hear their bail pleas on Thursday. Delhi Police had demanded that they be sent in police custody for interrogation, which the court rejected.

Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala Tandon directed the concerned Deputy Commissioner of Police to