Government files stolen from house of Manish Sisodia’s adviser

Important Delhi government files were stolen from the residence of deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s media adviser on Tuesday.

Unidentified persons allegedly barged into Arunodaya Prakash’s house and “stole important documents” containing details of the meetings between Mr Sisodia and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. The police has registered an FIR.

Mr Sisodia has written to police commissioner Alok Verma alleging “foul play” as “valuable items”, including laptop, mobile, music system were not stolen, but certain “important papers” of the briefings were missing from the south Delhi residence of his media advisor Arunodaya Prakash.

Referring to a CBI’s raid at Mr Kejriwal’s former principal secretary Rajendra Kumar’s office last December, Sisodia alleged “when they did not find anything in the raid, they are now getting items stolen from the houses”.

“This is a very serious issue as brief notes of the media adviser to CM and deputy CM were stolen from his house. No valuable items were missing from the house which indicates foul play. Prepared notes of the meetings of CM and deputy CM over last year have been stolen,” deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said.

He said he has written to city police commissioner Alok Verma and asked him to investigate the case from all angles.

The police has registered an FIR under Sections 457 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night) and 380 of IPC (theft in dwelling place) at the Malviya Nagar police station against unknown persons.

Mr Prakash said he found his house ransacked on Monday evening. According to him, the notepads, officials notings, notifications, official letters and other official documents were missing from his house.

“None of the valuables to my memory were stolen. My laptop, mobile phone, JBL speakers were in respective place,” he said.

A forensic team inspected Mr Prakash’s house and picked up fingerprints from the crime scene. The police said the case is being investigated.

The alleged incident took place when Mr Prakash was busy with preparations for TalktoAK programme at the Delhi Secretariat. He had returned to his house on Monday evening after a gap of two days.