The Crime Branch served a notice on CMO officials in the absence of Kejriwal and requested a response from the AAP leader within three days.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch team visited the residence of Atishi, the sitting minister and AAP leader, in the national capital on Sunday.
The officials from the Crime Branch were at Atishi’s residence to deliver a notice to the Delhi Education Minister in connection with the Aam Aadmi Party’s allegation that the BJP was attempting to poach its MLAs through monetary inducements as part of ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’.
Sources reported that the Delhi minister instructed officials at her camp office to accept the summons in her absence.
Earlier, on Saturday, officials from the Delhi Police Crime Branch issued a notice to AAP convenor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in relation to the poaching allegation.
The Crime Branch delivered the notice to CMO officials in Kejriwal’s absence and requested a reply from the AAP leader within three days.
Atishi previously claimed that the BJP had approached several AAP MLAs with bribes and threats in an attempt to win them over. She stated, “BJP has launched ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’ and is trying to topple the democratically elected AAP government in Delhi.”
Atishi further claimed that the AAP had an audio clip pertaining to ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’ and could release it if necessary. However, the BJP rejected the AAP’s claim of plotting ‘Operation Lotus 2.0’.
After being served a summons by the Delhi Crime Branch on Saturday in connection with the poaching charge against the BJP, Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused the city police of resorting to a ‘drama’ at the behest of their ‘political masters’ instead of curbing the rising crime wave in the Capital.