Amid protests by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and workers, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday grilled Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for over nine hours in connection with his alleged involvement in the excise policy scam case being investigated by the central agency.
Kejriwal left the CBI office in the National Capital after more than nine hours of questioning in the case which ended at around 8:15 pm.
Addressing mediapersons after being questioned for nine hours by the CBI in the case, the Delhi Chief Minister said the CBI questioning was conducted for 9.5 hours.
“I answered all the questions. The entire alleged liquor scam is false and bad politics. The AAP is ‘kattar imaandaar party’. They want to end the AAP but the country’s people are with us,” he said.
Meanwhile, AAP leaders who were detained by police for protesting outside the CBI office earlier today against Kejriwal’s questioning by the CBI were released from Najafgarh police station.
Earlier, Kejriwal appeared before the CBI for questioning in connection with the alleged excise policy scam case even as the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, other top Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and workers held a protest outside the central probe agency’s headquarters to show their solidarity with the AAP national convenor.
Kejriwal appeared before the CBI officials at 11:05 am. His questioning was held at the agency’s headquarters here by a team of senior CBI officials. This was the first time that Kejriwal was grilled by the agency.
Kejriwal was accompanied by his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Maan, Delhi Ministers and AAP MPs to the CBI office.