The CBI said Monday its Deputy Legal Advisor Jitendra Kumar was in "no way connected" with the Delhi excise "scam" probe, as it rejected Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's charge that the officer killed himself recently as he was under pressure to "frame" him.

The CBI refuted Sisodia's claims as "mischievous and misleading", saying his statements were is "an attempt to divert attention from the ongoing investigation in Delhi Excise Policy case".