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Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘IB conspiracy’ claim backfires: Gujarat Police trace ‘threat call’ to party’s own city president

The Indian Express·Aditi Raja·2 days ago
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In his post on X, Arvind Kejriwal had urged AAP leaders in Gujarat that if they got a call from the IB, 'they should put it out on social media'. (File Photo) In a case that has turned an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) social media offensive on its head, the Gujarat Police have arrested two men, including the president of the party’s Vadodara city unit, for allegedly making a “threat call” to a party leader by posing as an Intelligence Bureau (IB) official. Anand Superintendent of Police (SP) G G Jasani said on Saturday that the investigation stemmed from a post made by AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on X, “raising questions about whether Gujarat Police and IB were harassing workers in the name of verification”. Kejriwal’s post, the police said, followed a post by former Delhi MLA Durgesh Pathak, who alleged on X that Gujarat Police’s IB wing was intimidating AAP workers. The post named a specific mobile number as the source of the alleged harassment.…

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