January 25, 2016 6:30 PM

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Delhi Secretariat raid: HC asks CBI to give copies of seized docs

Delhi High Court on Monday directed CBI to supply it and the AAP government with photocopies of the documents seized by the agency during its raid on the Delhi Secretariat.<br/><br/>CBI had raided the office of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's principal secretary Rajendra Kumar on December 15th in connection with a corruption case.<br/><br/>The court on Monday said the documents were required as it wanted to examine their relevancy to establish whether the original papers can be retained by the CBI or not.<br/><br/>The court ordered the documents to be supplied within two days and listed the matter for hearing on January 29th.<br/><br/>The high court's direction came on CBI's plea seeking stay on a trial court order asking it to release the seized documents to the Delhi government.<br/><br/>CBI had said it needed the documents as the investigation was on.

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