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Rahul snoop: Cong cries foul
Rahul snoop: Cong cries foul.The Delhi police on Saturday termed as “routine” a visit by a policeman to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi\'s house to make queries
BJP, Delhi police reject charges
New Delhi (Agencies): The Delhi police on Saturday termed as “routine” a visit by a policeman to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's house to make queries - including on his physical appearance - even as the Congress termed it “political espionage” and sought an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP dismissed the Congress’ allegations as ridiculous.Police Commissioner B S Bassi said Assistant Sub-Inspector Shamsher Singh of the Special Branch had gone to get a proforma filled and left it at Gandhi’s office on March 3.
He said the proforma was not person-specific and gathering such information about “vulnerable people” and revisiting it was part of the Special Branch’s duties. “If he (the policeman) had gone with an ulterior motive or for snooping, he would not have left the proforma behind... There was no snooping, no instruction from the government of India. There is no pressure on police,” he said.
He said they had such information about Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and police have also visited residences of Congress leader Veerappa Moily and BJP veteran L K Advani.Bassi, however, admitted that “some shortcomings had been noticed and these will be rectified.” His reaction came minutes after Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi condemned police's “unnecessary and weird inquiries” about Gandhi and launched a strong attack on the Modi government.
