A specialized team of the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police will investigate the case of assault involving two BJP MPs on Parliament premises, in which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been identified as a "prime accused,".
"An order regarding transferring of the case to the Crime Branch was received on Friday evening," an officer privy to the matter told The Tribune.
When asked about the status of the complaint lodged by Congress MPs, the officer replied that they were not able to find any cognizable offence in their complaint.
Thursday saw a new low for Parliament as MPs of the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress clashed while protesting against each other, during which BJP MPs Pratap Rao Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput were injured.
Days after the incident, a BJP delegation led by MPs Anurag Thakur, Bansuri Swaraj and Hemang Joshi was reported to have gone to Parliament Street police station where a complaint was lodged against Rahul Gandhi and him being accused of "attempted murder" of BJP MPs.
A Congress delegation also lodged a complaint stating that their party president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge was pushed to the ground by saffron party leaders, causing him “bodily injuries.”
The police received the complaints from the lawmakers of both the parties but registered an FIR on only BJP MP Hemang Joshi’s complaint.
With the Crime Branch now taking over the investigation, it will record statements of the victim MPs — Rajput and Sarangi — who earlier could not give their statements to the police.
Even as the BJP MPs provided video evidence of the incident with their complaints, investigators will collect CCTV footage and mobile recordings to validate the claims.
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