NEW DELHI, Feb. 17 -- The Delhi Police on Monday told a city court that they have not yet been able to extract the CCTV footage from Janakpuri police station in connection with allegations of illegal arrest of Rajesh Prajapati, the sub-contractor accused in the death of 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani, who fell into an unsecured excavation pit in West Delhi's Janakpuri.

Prajapati, who is currently in judicial custody, has claimed that his arrest was illegal and unconstitutional. His plea alleges that he was illegally apprehended on February 6; however, he was produced before the magistrate only two days later, on February 8.

Prajapati, through advocates Yogesh Aggarwal and Tushar Gupta, claimed that this vitiated his arrest and that he was ent...