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Illegal immigrants case: Cops to send reminder to AAP MLA to join probe

Goyal underwent the first round of questioning on Monday, and was expected to join the investigation again on Saturday.

AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal

A reminder will be sent to AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal by Delhi Police to appear again for questioning over his alleged signatures and stamps on fake documents found in possession of alleged illegal immigrants, a senior officer said.

Goyal underwent the first round of questioning on Monday, and was expected to join the investigation again on Saturday. “We issued a notice for him to come again for questioning tomorrow (Tuesday). But he requested to appear on January 18, after filing his nomination,” a senior police officer had said on Monday.

However, a source close to Goyal said that he had not committed to come for questioning on Saturday and that he would join the investigation at a later date. Earlier, Goyal, the MLA from Rithala, called the questioning “an attempt to kill his time during elections”. “I joined the investigation today and cooperated with them. Whatever documents we provide, there is a registered entry of it. I have shown the papers sent from my office. What they have are fake documents,” he had said in a statement on Monday.

According to police officers, the documents were seized during a “major crackdown on alleged illegal immigrants” on December 24 last year which led to the arrest of 12 people who were allegedly part of a racket facilitating illegal immigration of Bangladeshi nationals in the Capital.

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