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Delhi family foils fake CBI raid at Rohini home
Hindustan Times··20 Aug
A group of eight to 10 people wearing CBI insignia and carrying identity cards was refused entry at a businessman's house in Delhi's Rohini after the resident's wife asked for a search warrant. They stayed outside about 1.5 hours. Neighbours gathered and asked for documents. The group said the notice was in their car and left, the complaint states.
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What It Means For You
- If strangers in CBI-marked clothes arrive at your gate, this complaint turned on the wife refusing to open until a warrant was produced.
- A WhatsApp 'notice' in a senior officer's name is not a substitute for a paper warrant; this family kept a screenshot after the chat was deleted.
- Calling 112 while people are still outside is what brought a police team, even though the group had already left.
What's Happening
- The men claimed they had come for a CBI search and allegedly pressured the family to open the gate.
- When neighbours asked for a copy of the notice, the group left on the pretext of fetching it from a vehicle.
- Clothes bore the CBI badge and the cards identified the wearers as CBI officials, the complaint said.
What Investigators Said They Were Examining
- Delhi Police registered an FIR on the family's complaint and said CCTV from cameras near the residence was being studied.
- No identities or arrests had been announced at the time of the first reports.
- The comparison with Special 26 is a media shorthand for fake-raid plots; the legal file is impersonation and related offences, not a film reference.
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