Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal protests CBI raids at his office, dubs PM Modi a 'coward' and 'psychopath'

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday claimed the CBI has raided his office in central Delhi and launched a no holds barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was resorting to "cowardice".

The Chief Minister, who is involved in a prolonged tussle with the Centre, accused the Modi government of resorting to vendetta politics and came down heavily on the agency for the raids at Players Building.

"CBI raids my office," Kejriwal tweeted. "When Modi couldn't handle me politically, he resorts to this cowardice. Modi is a coward and psychopath," he said in another tweet expressing his anguish over the raids.

A CBI spokesperson said the searches were being conducted at the office of the Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar and that details would be shared later.

Sources said that in the morning, a team of CBI officials went to the Delhi Secretariat, which houses the office of Kejriwal and other ministers, and conducted the search in the third floor of the building. They said the search may be in connection with the multi-crore CNG fitness scam.

Sources said that there were allegations that Kejriwal's Principal Secretary was linked to the scam, but the senior IAS officer as well as the AAP government have been rejecting the charges.

The AAP government has been locked in a running feud with the Centre over the control of important functions like law and order, police and land.

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