NEW DELHI: The crime branch officials served the notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday regarding a probe of his allegations that the BJP attempted to poach MLAs of the AAP in a bid to destabilise the city government. The CM has been asked to give his reply within three days.
Sources said that the Crime Branch has asked Kejriwal to reveal the names of AAP MLAs who were claimed to have been approached by the BJP.
Earlier in the day, the Crime Branch team returned to handover the notice personally. Even on Saturday morning, the team persisted to serve the notice personally. Meanwhile, a separate team visited Delhi Minister Atishi’s residence. However, the notice was finally handed over to the officials present at the CM residence.
The police sources said the team was led by an ACP-level officer who insisted that they would hand over the notice to Kejriwal only as it is in his name, while officials at the CM’s residence said that they are ready to take the notice.
Outside the premises, AAP leader Jasmine Shah was seen trying to seek explanation from a Crime Branch official on the legal provision under which he was insisting on handing over the notice personally to Kejriwal.
“I asked a simple question to the Delhi Police officer. Under which law is he insisting to hand over a notice personally to CM? He had no answers. It is clear they are only here to do nautanki (drama),” Shah said.
Meanwhile, Kejriwal said that he “sympathised” with the officials who are being made to do this drama instead of stopping crime. “It’s their duty to stop crime in Delhi but they are being made to indulge in drama,” he said.