India, Oct. 27 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Ashutosh Negi, an Uttarakhand-based journalist and petitioner in Ankita Bhandari murder case, asking him to appear before it in Delhi on Tuesday, people familiar with the development said.

Negi, editor of Jago Uttarakhand , termed the summons as harassment.

"Instead of questioning the VIPs involved, CBI is questioning the people who want justice in Ankita Bhandari's murder," he told HT, while adding that he had arrived in Delhi and will reach CBI headquarters on Tuesday morning.

CBI, in its summon to Negi, said that "there are reasonable grounds to question you to ascertain facts and circumstances from you".

It was Negi who had been pursuing since 2022 for a CBI ...