Kapil Mishra appeared before the special cell over the riots in the capital in February.

The former MLA, who had delivered a provocative speech immediately before the riots in which 53 people were killed, has been accused by the Delhi minority commission of provoking the flare-up.

The police, however, have said in a chargesheet that Mishra did not deliver any inflammatory speech.

Senior police officers remained tight-lipped about Thursday’s interaction, in sharp contrast to the official and unofficial media briefings whenever students and social activists are questioned in connection with the case.

Mishra said after coming out of the Lodhi Gardens office of the special cell: “At a time when the police are filing chargesheets in the case and rioters are being arrested, a section is running a hate campaign against me and trying to save the real conspirators. That is why I came to the special cell office to file a complaint so that these people can be investigated.”

Delhi police have been accused of conducting a “one-sided” investigation into the riots and “shielding” some BJP politicians, including Mishra.

The Delhi minority panel has alleged that “the police were complicit and abetted the attacks” during the riots and arrested the victims rather than the perpetrators.