Accusing Congress of repeatedly misusing CBI to serve its political interests, BJP today said the "haste" shown by the investigation agency in seeking the cancellation of bail granted former Gujarat minister Amit Shah was the latest example to prove the charge.
"While on the one hand CBI showed undue haste in seeking the cancellation of Shah's bail during court vacation, on the other it watered down case against (Bofors scam) accused Ottavio Quattrocchi and is trying to help 1984 riots accused Sajjan Kumar," party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters here.
Claiming that Congress was "fast emerging as corrupt party of India", the spokesperson said CBI has now become an investigation arm of the ruling party at the Centre.
"The CBI moved court seeking cancellation of (Satyam sacm accused) R Raju a month after he was granted one. The same CBI was pulled up by the Supreme Court for its shody investigation in the 2G scam," she said.
Sitharaman said Congress was using the CBI to suppress its political opponents and help its own leaders.
Shah left for Mumbai this morning following a Supreme Court directive asking him to be out of the state till November 15, when the CBI's plea seeking cancellation of his bail will be heard.
The former minister of state for home, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, was granted bail by the Gujarat high court on Friday.
The CBI had yesterday appealed in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of his bail, but the apex court refused to alter the high court order.
Shah, who has been described by the CBI as the "kingpin" of the conspiracy, had quit the Modi government in July this year after being slapped with charges of murder and kidnapping in the fake encounter killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausar Bi in 2005.
