Delhi LG recommends NIA probe against Kejriwal

Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has recommended an NIA probe against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly receiving political funding from the banned terrorist organisation 'Sikhs for Justice', Raj Niwas sources said on Monday.

 

There was no immediate reaction from the Aam Aadmi Party.

 

In a letter to the Union Home Secretary, the lt governor's secretariat said Saxena had received a complaint that the Kejriwal-led AAP allegedly received USD 16 million in funding from extremist Khalistani groups for facilitating the release of Devendra Pal Bhullar.

 

“The electronic evidence adduced by the complainant requires investigation including forensic examination,” Saxena has said.

The complaint is made against a chief minister and relates to political funding received from a banned terrorist organisation, the letter stated.

 

The move comes a day ahead of the Supreme Court considering granting Kejriwal interim bail given the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

The AAP chief is in Tihar jail.