Heavy traffic snarls in parts of Delhi as AAP protests against CBI summons to Kejriwal

Heavy traffic snarls were witnessed on Sunday in several parts of Delhi following protests by AAP workers against the summoning of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI in the excise policy caseVehicular movement was choked at the protest sites of Anand Vihar Terminal ITO Chowk Mukarba Chowk Peera Garhi Chowk Lado Sarai Chowk Crown Plaza Chowk Dwarka More Sec 6 and Sec 2 Chauraha Pecific Wala Chowk Subhash Nagar More Prem Wari Chauraha Ring Road New Delhi Railway Station Ajmeri Gate Side Bara Hanuman Mandir Karol Bagh Chowk IIT Crossing ISBT Kashmiri Gate Raj Ghat and NH 24 near Murga Mandi GazipurSerpentine queues of vehicles clogged the roads owing to the protestCommuters stuck because of the protests at NH44 and GTKarnal Road tweeted pictures that showed long queues of vehiclesMoving at a snails pace in bumpertobumper traffic many commuters tagged the police in their social media posts and requested them to manage the situationPolice officials along with the traffic unit deployed at multiple locations persuaded the protesters to move from the roads and allow vehiclular movement to flowWe have deployed sufficient force at these locations But the protesters are on a sitin so we are persuading them to move because they are causing heavy traffic jams If they are refusing to cooperate we are removing them from the spot a senior police official saidThe Delhi Police stepped up security outside the CBI headquarters as Kejriwal appeared before the agency for questioning in connection with alleged irregularities in the nowscrapped excise policy officials saidThe force has deployed over 1000 security personnel including paramilitary forces outside the CBI headquarters and Section 144 has also been imposed in the area to ensure no gathering of more than four persons takes place they saidAlso Read Raghav Chadha calls Kejriwal Lord Krishna says BJP will bring downfall of BJPSecurity has also been tightened outside the AAP office at Rouse Avenue the officials addedAdequate number of barricades have been placed on the streets at both these places to ensure that AAP workers and supporters do not create any trouble a senior police official saidThe CBI has summoned Kejriwal to its office to answer questions of the investigation team as a witness in the excise policy case according to a notice issued by the agencyManish Sisodia Kejriwals former deputy in the Delhi government was arrested last month in the caseThe AAP has called the case a conspiracy against its leadersCBI officials have said they asked Kejriwal to appear on a Sunday as the offices in the area remain closedThe agency adopted the same strategy when Sisodia was called to the agency headquarters where he was grilled for eight hours before being taken into custodyThe allegations relate to the Delhi governments excise policy for 202122 The CBI is probing into allegations of bribes paid by liquor traders to get licencesThe AAP has strongly refuted these charges but its government later scrapped the policyIt was further alleged that irregularities including modifications in the excise policy extending undue favours to the licensees waiverreduction in licence fee the extension of L1 licence without approval etc were committed a CBI spokesperson said after the FIR was filed on August 17 2022The CBI filed its charge sheet against seven accused on November 25It alleged in the charge sheet that the excise policy was framed in a manner to promote cartelisation and monopoly at the wholesale levelThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever