Delhi AAP minister Sandeep Kumar's aide Praveen Singh has been detained by the city police after he allegedly circulated the sex tape that got the minister sacked.

 

Praveen Singh, the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) and a close friend of the minister, is now being questioned before a formal arrest is made, the police said.

 

Sandeep Kumar was sacked by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday after the sex tape became public. Kejriwal accused the minister of betraying the party and its movement. 

 

Kumar spent Sunday night in police custody and will be produced in court today. 

 

According to an  NDTV report, Kumar claims that he is not the man seen on the sex video and that he is being targeted because he is a "Dalit." 


His wife Ritu Kumar has backed him claiming that her husband has been "falsely implicated" and alleging a political conspiracy. 

 

The former minister was also accused of allegedly raping a 40-year-old woman. The woman claimed that she was drugged and raped by the minister before being filmed.   

 

According to the Indian Penal Code (IPC), circulating sexual matter is an offence punishable under Section 66A of the IT Act.