Politically motivated: Kapil Sibal on CBI summons to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrived at the CBI office in the national capital on Sunday for questioning in connection with the excise policy case Rajya Sabha MP and former Congress leader Kapil Sibal termed the summons by the premier investigating agency as politically motivatedSpeaking to ANI the former Congress leader said There is no doubt this CBI summons to Kejriwal is politically motivatedWhy would you keep Sisodia in jail for so long Why would you keep Jain in jail for so long For what purpose What purpose are they serving questioned Sibal also a senior advocateThey CBI said kickbacks worth Rs 100 crore were received Can they name one public servant to whom the bribe was paid Not one What are they keeping him in for he saidAlso Read Excise case Arvind Kejriwal appears before CBI for questioningWhy arent the courts granting him Sisodia bail I think it is unfortunate that the whole system has collapsed Sibal saidEarlier the CBI summoned Kejriwal for questioning in the case on SundayMeanwhile AAP workers staged a protest in the national capital on Sunday over the CBI summons to party chief Kejriwal Several AAP workers were detained by Delhi Police at Kashmiri GateIf Arvind Kejriwal is corrupt then there is no one in this world who is honest Delhi Chief Minister said on Saturday a day after CBI summoned him for questioning in connection with the excise policy caseAddressing a press conference earlier the Delhi CM said Tomorrow they CBI have called me and I will definitely go If Arvind Kejriwal is corrupt then there is no one in this world who is honest If BJP has ordered CBI to arrest me then CBI will obviously follow their instructionsLater taking to Twitter Kejriwal said appropriate cases will be filed against the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate officials for perjury and producing false evidence in courtsWe will file appropriate cases against CBI and ED officials for perjury and producing false evidence in courts he tweetedKejriwal also claimed that he knew he would be next in line to be summoned by the CBI since the day he spoke against corruption in the Delhi assemblyFormer Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia a key aide of Kejriwal is in jail over alleged irregularities in the excise caseSisodia was arrested by Enforcement Directorate ED and CBI in the ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy in DelhiThe CBI arrested Sisodia on February 26 Later on March 9 the ED arrested him after hours of questioning at Tihar JailThe ED and the CBI had alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy undue favours were extended to licence holders the licence fee was waived or reduced and the L1 licence was extended without the competent authoritys approvalThe beneficiaries diverted illegal gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their account books to evade detection the probe agencies saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever