Stating that the CID notice issued to him to appear and submit documents pertaining to the alleged scam in recruitment process for 545 police sub-inspectors (civil) was aimed at “targeting political opponents”, former Minister and Congress leader Priyank Kharge on Thursday said that the investigating agency is required to discharge its functions and duty strictly in accordance with statutes and law.
“Perhaps, this is a manner in which the present dispensation wants to scuttle and stifle free speech and in the process destroy the democratic fabric to which all of us are aligned under Constitution,” the Chittapur legislator, who earlier refused to appear before the CID, said in a letter to Director-General of Police, CID, on Thursday.
Hours after this letter was made public, Mr. Kharge was served a second summons.
