Row over police visit to CM house to hand over notice

A Delhi Police crime branch team on Saturday visited the residence of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to serve him a notice to join the probe into the Aam Aadmi Party chief's allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was trying to poach party MLAs.

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A row erupted over the visit with the officials from the chief minister's office saying that they were ready to accept the police notice but the police officer insisted on handing it over to the chief minister in person. This led to an argument between the two sides.

A video shared on X by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) showed a police official and party leader Jasmine Shah arguing over the notice.

"I asked a simple question to the Delhi police officer standing in front of entrance of residence of CM Arvind Kejriwal. Under which law is he insisting to hand over a notice personally to CM? He had no answers. It is clear they are only here to do nautanki (drama)," Shah said in a post on X. In the video, Shah was heard telling the police officer that the summons by ED and CBI are also sent through emails, then why was the officer insisting on meeting the CM.

The police officer insisted on meeting the CM and tell about some facts, the video shows. "I am working within the limits of the law," the office is heard telling Shah in the video.

Hours later, Kejriwal said the "political masters" of the police was forcing them to indulge in the drama.