Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called for an investigation on the relationship between the Central Bureau of Investigation and BJP’s Amit Shah. Kejriwal’s reaction came following the suicide note recovered after the suicide of B K Bansal and his son, at their residence. Kejriwal went on social networking site Twitter and expressed his grief and anger at the incident. He called for the immediate arrest of CBI officer Sanjiv Gautam and called for a probe into the alleged links with Amit Shah. Accusing Shah, Kejriwal said that the whole nation knows about the criminal background of Amit Shah.
In the suicide note, Bansal had alleged that the DIG threatened him about his wife and daughter. The note stated that, “Teri wife aur daughter ka wo haal karenge ki sunne wale kaanp jaayenge (such things will be done to your wife and daughter that it will send shivers down the spine of those who hear of it),” In response to these allegations,Shrikant Sharma, BJP spokesperson said that nobody can stop anyone from taking or blaming names. He said that many “frauds” use the name of their office.
Read Bansal’s suicide note. Unable to sleep. Sanjiv Gautam (CBI) etc shud be immediately arrested. Their links wid Amit shah investigated
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 28, 2016
Whole country knows criminal background of Amit Shah. Can India be mute spectator to CBI being turned into an agency of his henchmen?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 28, 2016
Meanwhile, CBI spokesperson RK Gaur responded to the situation and said that the CBI had received communications from the Delhi police regarding the notes of B K Bansal and his son, Yogesh Bansal. He acknowledged that the note contained allegations of certain CBI officials in the case of the on-going bribery investigation against B K Bansal. In the note Bansal had demanded an inquiry against the officers he had named. The CBI , in response, said that it would investigate the allegations against its officers.