Blatant misuse of CBI by govt, says AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday alleged that the CBI has been “compromised” at the hands of the BJP-led government, calling it “blatant and open misuse” of the investigating agency after a special CBI court discharged BJP president Amit Shah from the fake encounters case.

The AAP slammed the CBI saying the cover-up was “glaring and could not be ignored” . “This case proves beyond any doubt that it is extremely important to free the CBI from governmental control, since the investigating agency has acted purely in a manner which the BJP government wanted it to,” an official statement issued by the party said.

The party pointed out that it was shocking that the CBI which had earlier in its successive status reports before the Supreme Court termed Shah as the conspirator had suddenly taken a U-turn.

Stating that the BJP had gone back on its promise of ensuring that CBI be free of political meddling, the AAP said that it will raise the issue at every forum “to prevent the country’s premier investigating agency from being compromised”.