NEW DELHI: The Delhi Assembly Secretariat was on Friday told by the Punjab Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Alok Shekhar and the state police Chief Gaurav Yadav that their replies related to the FIR registered regarding the video clip of alleged remarks of city's Leader of Opposition Atishi are being vetted by their state government.
In the interim, draft copies of their replies, sent for vetting to the Punjab Home department, were forwarded to Delhi Assembly Secretariat, an official said.
The Punjab government officials' replies are likely to be placed before the Committee of Privileges of the Delhi Assembly for consideration after these are formally sent to the Assembly Secretary by the Home department of that state.
Since the FIR was registered in the matter in Jalandhar, the District Police Commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur has also forwarded a copy of his reply to the Delhi Assembly, through the state police chief, pending "approval of the competent authority in the Punjab government".
The Privileges Committee of Delhi Assembly on February 13 had given a last chance to Punjab officials and directed the Punjab Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and the state police chief to submit their replies by Friday.
The Committee had called for specific documents from the Punjab Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Alok Shekhar, including copies of the complaint and enclosures forming the basis of the FIR, the FIR itself, the report of the Social Media Expert (Technical Cell), Punjab Police, and the report of Forensic Science Laboratory in Punjab.