Probe against principal secy: How can CBI summon govt officials over phone, asks CM Kejriwal

In multiple tweets, Kejriwal said, “Which sec of CrPC empowers CBI to summon on ph? Till now, more than 150 officers summoned on ph. We hv nothing to hide. I hv told all officers to cooperate. But CBI shud follow law-summon thro proper notices.”

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Quoting a report in a Hindi newspaper, Kejriwal had earlier tweeted, “CBI summons Delhi CM’s staff ‘informally’ on phone without notice. Staff of other ministers called earlier like this.”

The CBI raid on Kejriwal’s office on the third floor of the Delhi secretariat had led to a spat between the Aam Aadmi Party government and the Centre. After the raid, Kejriwal had said that the cases against Kumar were an excuse to target him and his government.

He had claimed that the real motive of the CBI was to seize files pertaining to alleged irregularities in the DDCA, in which Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley feared being implicated. Jaitley had rubbished Kejriwal’s claims.