Channi appears before Vigilance Bureau, slams AAP for vendetta politics

Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday appeared before the Vigilance Bureau in connection with a disproportionate assets matter.

Ahead of entering the bureau's Mohali office at 11.10 am, the Congress leader slammed the state's AAP government over his date of appearance being advanced and claimed that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's regime was indulging in "vendetta politics".

The vigilance bureau had initially asked Channi to appear for questioning on April 12. He, however, requested for another date to join the investigation, which the bureau allowed, asking him to appear on April 20. Later, the bureau advanced the date to Friday.

Asked about being questioned in the matter before he entered the bureau's office, Channi said, "The probe is totally political. Let them do what they want."

Addressing a press conference before he reached the bureau's office, Channi launched a scathing attack on the state's AAP government and said he may be tortured, arrested or eve