Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted asking if the police would similarly raid BJP president Amit Shah in connection with the judge Loya death case.Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Credit: File photoNew Delhi: In its investigation into the alleged assault on Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash at chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, the Delhi police on Thursday raided his bungalow and seized the CCTV footage of the cameras installed there, drawing a sharp response from the chief minister who tweeted asking if the police would have shown similar courage and raided Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah in connection with the judge Loya case.Soon after a large team of Delhi police, comprising nearly 150 men and officers, conducted the raid, Kejriwal, who was present in the house at the time, expressed his views on Twitter. He told the media that he was happy that the raids had been conducted but would want the police to show equal commitment in probing the judge Loya case. He asked if the police, who had shown such eagerness to probe “two slaps”, would show equal courage in probing the death of judge Loya by questioning Shah.दो थप्पड़ के आरोप की जाँच के लिए CM के पूरे घर की तलाशी। जज लोया के क़त्ल पर पूछताछ तो बनती है। नहीं? https://t.co/jhU4e0kSvr— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 23, 2018The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also tweeted about the raid in which personnel drawn from various police stations of the north district of Delhi police participated. Senior party leaders Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh addressed the media and said an appointment had been sought with the lieutenant governor by the chief minister to raise the issue. Ashutosh also claimed that the raid was an affront to the CM and was carried out to humiliate him.CM house taken over by police. Huge number of police force enters CM house without any intimation. Police Raj kills democracy in Delhi. Police spread all over inside CM house. If this what they can to do an elected CM, think what they can with poor people! pic.twitter.com/gUP9UdB8IC— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) February 23, 2018Prior to the raid, there was a prolonged discussion about it between additional deputy commissioner of police (north district) Harendra Singh and Delhi police commissioner Amulya Patnaik.During the raid, the police is learnt to have obtained footage from 14 of the 21 cameras installed in the chief minister’s bungalow. The raid, which was the first of its kind on a chief minister’s residence, the police said, was necessitated as the Public Works Department officials had not provided it with the footage which constituted “technical evidence” in the case and as there was apprehension that it may be tampered with.So far, the police said, they had only been able to obtain footage of the gate, and visited the premises to get the recordings from all the other cameras as well to establish “Prakash’s condition after he came out from the meeting.” Some staff members at the CM’s residence were also questioned and the police were also contemplating questioning some more MLAs in connection with the incident.Also readDeluge of support for Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash from various associations of public servantsWhat we know and what we don’t know about judge Loya’s deathFollowing the raid, additional DCP Singh said: “There are 21 cameras installed, out of which 14 were operational and recording was off in seven. There was no camera in the room where the incident took place. The cameras were running behind time by 40 minutes and 42 seconds. We have seized recordings of 21 CCTV cameras and a hard disk.” About whether or not the timing was manipulated, he said only the forensic team would be able to tell. The police also claimed that it had intimated its arrival to the chief minister’s officer and is learnt to have obtained recordings of the last one month during the raid.His comments were quickly picked up by the BJP, which claimed there was a conspiracy behind deliberately changing the timing of the CCTV footage.Following the incident on February 19 night, Prakash had complained that he had been called at midnight and was escorted to a room for the meeting where he was assaulted. AAP had later claimed that the assault had taken place around 11:30 pm and that Prakash was not even there till midnight. This aspect was claimed by both party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj and senior leader and MP, Sanjay Singh.But the police claim about the camera clock running 40 minutes late has provided the BJP an opportunity to allege a conspiracy.Why was the timing of CCTV changed ? This proves that the attack on the Chief Secretary was pre planned. And all this in Chief Minister's house in his presence. Is this how an elected government works ?#AAP_की_गुंडागर्दी @ManojTiwariMP https://t.co/c0AlI61Hxc— BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) February 23, 2018Meanwhile, a city court today rejected the bail plea of AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal who had been remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a Tis Hazari court in connection with the assault case. Following Prakash’s complaint of assault, an FIR was registered by the Civil Lines police on February 20, and while Jarwal was arrested the same night from Defence Colony, Khan had surrendered at the Okhla police station. Both of them were produced before a city court on February 21, which had remanded them to two days police custody. Their judicial remand was later extended.Meanwhile, the confrontation over the issue appeared to show no signs of abating as a video has surfaced of AAP MLA from Uttam Nagar, Naresh Balyan, declaring at a public meeting – which was also attended by Kejriwal – that if officials stop any file or delay any work then they should be beaten up and assaulted. While Kejriwal did not object to the MLA’s outburst, when asked about the incident, party leaders Ashutosh and Sanjay Singh told the media that they were not aware of it.A delegation of Delhi’s public servants, who have been holding protests since February 20, on Thursday also met Union minister of state in the prime minister’s office Jitendra Singh and apprised him about the incident. The minister said all measures would be taken to provide a safe working atmosphere to all employees.In another related development, a batchmate of Prakash, IAS officer Dheer Jhingran, has resigned to protest against the alleged assault on the officer.In the evening following a meeting with lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal, Kejriwal stated that he and his ministers raised the issue of the officers not attending meetings for the last three day and stated that the L-G has assured that all steps would be taken to ensure that the officers start working normally.Officers not attending meetings for last 3 days. Governance suffering. I m v concerned. LG assured he will take all steps to ensure officers started functioning normally. Council of ministers assured him all cooperation. All of us need to work together for betterment of Delhi— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 23, 2018Earlier in the day, Ashutosh and Sanjay Singh had accused Baijal of acting like an “agent of the BJP” for not acting on the complaints of Delhi minister Imran Hussain and Delhi Dialogue Commission vice-chairman Ashish Khetan about an attack on them in the Delhi Secretariat on February 20. They had charged that the entire episode was a conspiracy to destabilise the Kejriwal government.