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CBI raids Arvind Kejriwal`s principal secretary`s office: As it happened
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Rajendra Kumar's lawyer HS Phoolka claims that Kumar has been released after questioning by CBI.
CBI registers a case against Delhi CM's principal secretary Rajendra Kumar and 6 others on allegations of criminal conspiracy and criminal misconduct.
Congress attacked PM Modi as it condemned the CBI raid at Delhi Secretariat but did not come out in support of Arvind Kejriwal either saying that the Delhi Chief Minister used to demand similar action against central ministers at the drop of a hat. Hitting out at the Prime Minister, party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said the action was another example of his "cooperative federalism". At the same time, he said, Congress was "no friend" of Kejriwal for whom "chickens have come home to roost" - PTI.
CBI takes Rajendra Kumar for questioning to CBI headquarters.
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His (Arvind Kejriwal) morning statement appeared to be prima facie incorrect, but evening one seems to be absolute rubbish: Jaitley reiterates.
I don't think I need to respond to rubbish: Jaitley on Kejriwal's allegations against him.
Raids are related to 2007-2014 case as per the CBI; Even my son is accused of corruption, I'll send him to jail: Kejriwal.
I was shocked. Party which is considered as most honest party by the entire country, why did CBI conduct raid on them? asks Kejriwal.
PM Narendra Modi, I will not be scared of you: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in his first address to the media today.
DDCA files in which Jaitley is in dock. I was about to order a commission of enquiry. They (CBI) had come to search for DDCA files which have Jaitley ji's name, as he had been president of DDCA and probe is on: Arvind Kejriwal.
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I will send my son to jail if I find evidence of corruption against him: Kejriwal on CBI raid.
CBI didn't raid IT department or any other department which were linked to the case. They raided the CMO: Delhi CM.
CBI's clarification is a blatant lie. It should have raided the education department not the CM's office: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
AAP spokesman Sanjay Singh raises objections to CBI raid, saying PM Narendra Modi was "preparing to take the country towards emergency". "Prophecy of Modi's guru (Lal Krishna) Advani seems to be coming true," he says, adding the Modi government wants to terrorise the AAP and Delhi government through police and CBI.
We are openly challenging the Prime Minister to dig out anything against us: Manish Sisodia
Apologise for your actions and we will apologise for our words: Manish Sisodia on BJP's demand for Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's apology
Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia addresses a press conference, asks the reason behind seizing Delhi CM's files. He adds that investigating Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar is just an excuse, the real target is Arvind Kejriwal. The CBI raided a room where the Chief Minister's files and affidavits were kept, says Sisodia.
Devpreet Singh, the CBI spokesperson, says searches are in progress at 14 locations in Delhi and UP. She adds that the CBI did obtain a warrant from the court before raiding at various locations. Devpreet Singh refutes reports that claim search was carried out at Delhi CM's office. From 2007-2014, Rajendra Kumar, along with six others, abused his position to award contracts, she says.
The CBI carried out searches at 14 places connected with Rajendra Kumar Gupta in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, and claimed to have recovered about Rs 16 lakh, including Rs 2.4 lakh in cash. Foreign currency of the value of Rs 3 lakh has been seized from the residence of Kumar, CBI sources said. Apart from Kumar, the agency has named AK Duggal and GK Nanda, former MDs of Intelligent Communication System India Limited (ICSIL), RS Kaushik, MD of ICSIL, Sandeep Kumar and Dinesh K Gupta, Directors of Ms Endeavour Systems Private Limited and the said firm as accused in their FIR filed under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the IPC.
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Strongly objecting to Arvind Kejriwal calling PM Narendra Modi a "coward and psychopath", BJP secretary Shrikant Sharma says it showed the Delhi Chief Minister's desperation to "protect an officer accused of corruption".
Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference, says that CBI raided at 14 locations, which includes an office and a residence of Rajendra Kumar. The minister reiterates Arvind Kejriwal's office was neither raided nor sealed. He adds that the CBI raided after procuring warrants from the court. Prasad further condemns Kejriwal's remarks against PM Modi and asked for unconditional apology.
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Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay seeks apology from Arvind Kejriwal for his remark on PM Modi.
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Former AAP leader Prashant Bhushan asks Kejriwal if an accused should be warned of a raid beforehand.
Expelled AAP leader Yogendra Yadav urges the BJP and AAP to focus on governance.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says the CBI raided his office in a corruption case involving former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal once again raises question on the raid.
Retired IPS officer and BJP leader Kiran Bedi calls the comment made by Arvind Kejriwal in the wake of CBI raid as regrettable.
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The Communist Party of India-Marxist, in a statement, says: "It is unprecedented that in the name of investigating the accusations against a bureaucrat, the office of the chief minister should be sealed and files searched, as alleged by the chief minister."
The Aam Aadmi Party has begun a campaign against PM Modi on Twitter.
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien says CBI raid at Arvind Kejriwal's office is unprecedented in the history of India. The government has to clarify. Emergency has been declared? asks the TMC leader
The CBI raid at Delhi Secretariat has left West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shocked.
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The CBI has raided at 14 locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in connection with probe against Rajendra Kumar and his aides. According to Zee Media, Kumar is not cooperating with the CBI in opening his e-mail accounts. Papers of three immovable properties along with cash worth Rs 2.4 lakhs have been recovered from residence of Rajendra Kumar.
Have your say: CBI raid: Is Arvind Kejriwal exaggerating the facts?
A meeting is taking place at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's residence over CBI raid at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's office.
I heard Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement in Parliament. He is telling a lie, he is trying to mislead the House, says Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh. This is clearly political vendetta, all files were being searched so as to find a weakness in order to take action against Kejriwal, adds Ashutosh.
Replying to Arun Jaitley's remarks in Parliament, Delhi CM Kejriwal tweets:
CBI raid has nothing to do with Arvind Kejriwal or his tenure: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha
Did CBI raid Arvind Kejriwal's office or Rajendra Kumar's?
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The CBI says it has registered a case against Secretary to the Chief Minister, Rajendra Kumar, on allegations of abusing his official position by "favouring a particular firm in the last few years in getting tenders from Delhi government departments." "After taking warrants, searches are being conducted in the office and residence of Rajendra Kumar. The allegations against Rajendra Kumar were raised by Ashish Joshi, former Member Secretary, Delhi Dialogue Commission," adds the agency.
Commenting on CBI raid at Delhi Secretariat, eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani says: "It is not the right thing to do."
The language used by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the PM of India is highly abominable. In terms of fighting corruption he has only politicised it, says Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vijender Gupta.
The CBI is also searching the residence of Rajendra Kumar.
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar describes Arvind Kejriwal's attack on PM Modi as atrocious. The minister says the CBI raids only when the agency has a credible complaint. Kejriwal stands exposed as he is protecting the corrupt, says Javadekar.
JD(U) leader KC Tyagi condemns the CBI raid on Arvind Kejriwal's office.
CBI is a respectable organisation and the allegations (made by the Delhi CM) are baseless. It is a habit of Arvind Kejriwal to make these kinds of allegations. I think it is related to the arrest of his principal secretary: BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal goes on tweeting spree, says:
Delhi CM's office on third floor of Delhi Secretariat has been sealed. Staff is not being allowed to enter. Files in Delhi CM's office are being looked into, they should tell what do they want: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia
AAP spokesperson Deepak Bajpai calls the raid "a clear intimidation". "It’s undeclared martial law-like situation," adds Bajpai.
AAP lawmaker Somnath Bharti takes to Twitter to criticise the CBI raid.
Claiming that CBI is lying, Arvind Kejriwal insists his office has been raided.
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Delhi Chief Minister's office is located at the Delhi Secretariat.
When asked that the CBI raided Rajendra Kumar's office and not Kejriwal's, AAP leader Kumar Vishwas says the raid is just an excuse as the principal secretary sits in the Delhi Chief Minister's office.
Parliamentary Affairs Minster M Venkaiah Naidu tells reporters outside Parliament that the CBI does not consult the government as to who will be raided. He adds that it has become a fashion with Arvind Kejriwal to blame Centre and drag PM Modi into everything. The minister says CBI was used by Congress during its tenure, but the NDA government does not interfere in the agency's work.
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Despite CBI's denial that the agency has not raided Kejriwal's office, the Delhi Chief Minister continued to target PM Modi on Twitter.
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In September 2015, a prosecutor, who had scrutinised the chargesheet in the Rs 100-crore transport scam, had accused Rajendra Kumar of pressurising him not to finalise the report or face suspension.
The office of Rajendra Kumar, principal secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has been raided: CBI director
CBI director Anil Sinha tells Zee Media that the office of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has not been raided.
Arvind Kejriwal confirms the development on Twitter.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday morning raided the office of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Triggering a political storm, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday spewed venom on Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him a "psychopath" and
"coward" after CBI raids on the office of his principal secretary and targeted Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged corruption in Delhi's cricket body under his watch.