Documents seized by CBI unrelated to probe; says Delhi Govt

Agency denies charges

Delhi government today accused CBI of seizing documents which are not related to the agency’s probe against Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar. Talking to media, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia said CBI scritinised files relating to DDCA during their raid. He said they even planned to seize the files but did not do so after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal raised the issue in social media.

He wondered why the CBI seized Chief Minister’s records of file movements of November-December this year. Mr Sisodia also challenged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement in Parliament that the CBI did not search Kejriwal’s office. The office of the Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary was raided by CBI yesterday in a corruption case triggering a fresh face-off between the AAP and Centre.

On the other hand, CBI has categorically denied having seized any material during searches conducted at office of Delhi Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary yesterday which are not relevant to investigation. Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, CBI spokesperson Devpreet Singh said the seizures during the searches were done in presence of independent witnesses as per procedure.

She further said the search cum seizure memo containing details of all seized items will be produced before the competent court. Ms. Singh reiterated that Delhi Chief Minister’s office was neither searched nor sealed. She said CBI neither prevented nor disallowed any person in their movement to various offices in Delhi Secretariat including Chief Minister’s Office.