New Delhi: A Gurugram POCSO court has issued an arrest warrant against news anchor Deepak Chaurasia in a case related to the alleged broadcast of "morphed, edited and obscene" footage of a 10-year-old girl and her family in connection with a sexual assault case against Asaram Bapu.

Bar and Bench has reported that Additional Sessions Judge Shashi Chauhan issued the non-bailable warrant.

Chaurasia had allegedly filed an application saying he could not appear on the day of the hearing because he was to conduct an interview with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath. Chaurasia, according to the report, placed an email sent to him from the Uttar Pradesh CM's office.

The judge said that this application for personal exemption was not "supported by any affidavit" and had "no cogent documentary proof."

The judge also noted that the email Chaurasia had placed on record was not addressed to Chaurasia but another person. The court also objected to him having placed "a confidential document on record."

This is the second time in more than three months that the court has issued such an arrest warrant against Chaurasia, Newslaundry noted in its report. The report says that the first non-bailable warrant was issued on October 28 last year after Chaurasia skipped a hearing citing health grounds.

He later moved the Punjab and Haryana high court and got bail. The Gurugram court has now cancelled his bail and surety bonds.

Chaurasia had moved the first application for exemption on September 23 last year.