The final decision to initiate proceedings lies with the chief secretary who acts under instructions from the chief minister. “First of all, it was not a political dharna. Now that the chief minister has defended the commissioner, there is no chance of any action against him,” said a senior bureaucrat. The dais wasn’t yet set up then and Kumar and other police officers were sitting around the chief minister. During the 70-odd hours of the dharna, Kumar had not been on the dais although he was at the Metro Channel several times.

Source: The Telegraph February 05, 2019 22:30 UTC