New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday questioned Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal for three hours in connection with the case of the alleged assault on chief secretary AnshuPrakash. The incident had taken place on the intervening night of February 19-20. The police said the CM cooperated but evaded answering a few questions. He may be questioned again. This was conveyed to him and he agreed.

The police will be questioning deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia next on the allegation that he called the chief secretary for the meeting that evening. The police had served a notice on Kejriwal on Thursday, asking him to join the investigations at 11am on Friday. The CM had replied that he would be available only at 5pm at his camp office because of some prior commitments. He wanted to get his questioning recorded on video, a request that was turned down by the police. They, however, recorded the proceedings for themselves.

On Friday, additional DCP Harendra Singh, three inspectors and a few other cops reached the CM’s residence around 4pm. The questioning started an hour later and was video-recorded by the police. Kejriwal was accompanied by his lawyers and answered many questions after consulting them.

“We questioned the CM for three hours. He has been cooperative but he evaded some questions. He had asked for a copy of the video recording but we have denied his request,” DCP Singh said. The police is learnt to have prepared a list of more than 50 questions. First, he was asked to narrate the sequence of events. He was then asked about each allegation made by the CS in the FIR.