Fadnavis to record statement with police; he seeks CBI probe

Speaking to mediapersons on Saturday, Fadnavis said he had received a notice from the Mumbai Police to appear before the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) Cyber Cell on Sunday to record his statement.

The police notice had claimed that while Fadnavis was sent a questionnaire seeking information pertaining to the case, the police had not received a reply and hence sought that appears before it in person.

Later in the day, Fadnavis claimed that he had received a fresh communication from the Mumbai Police not to visit the police station. Instead, a team of police officers would visit his house to record his statement. “I have cancelled all my Pune programs for tomorrow. I will be at my residence. They can come anytime,” Fadnavis tweeted in the evening.

A case had earlier been registered under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, at BKC cyber police station against unidentified persons for allegedly tapping phones and leaking confidential documents following a complaint by the SID.

Fadnavis said, “The notice has been served to me as I have exposed the MVA government. I demand that the investigation of this case be handed over to the CBI, as this government is not capable of conducting a proper probe in this case.”

He added that he was being pressured as he had exposed a transfer scam that was being operated by the current government. “The state is trying to put pressure on me because I had exposed the transfer scam in the state police force,” Fadnavis said, adding that he had more proof, which he would handover to the CBI.