Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik, visited a police station in Delhi’s RK Puram on Saturday, a day after receiving a summons from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a corruption case. However, the Delhi Police clarified that they had not arrested Mr Malik, stating that he had turned up at the police station “of his own volition”.
Reports suggest that Mr Malik visited the police station after the police objected to a meeting organised by him in a park near his home. The police informed him that holding a meeting without permission in a residential area was not permitted, leading Mr Malik and leaders of farmers’ groups and village bodies from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to go to the police station.
Videos posted by Mr Malik’s team on social media showed leaders on a bus raising slogans in his support. Mr Malik later told reporters outside the police station that the police had said they would not arrest them now.
The developments came a day after the governor was summoned by the CBI for questioning on April 28 as a witness in a case of alleged corruption by Reliance General Insurance. Mr Malik had cancelled a contract with the company, owned by industrialist Anil Ambani, in 2018 when he was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, alleging fraud in the insurance scheme.
The CBI’s action came after Mr Malik’s allegations of fraud in the insurance scheme. He has been asked to appear at the agency’s Akbar Road guest house in central Delhi for “certain clarifications”.
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