New Delhi, August 28: Two Jharkhand Police sub-inspectors (SI) who were staying in a five-star hotel here for the past few days were questioned by Delhi Police, with sources saying on Wednesday they were suspected to have been spying on the state's former chief minister Champai Soren.

According to the Delhi Police sources, both the officers are posted with Jharkhand' Police's special branch and were picked up and questioned on Tuesday night by a team of Chanakyapuri police station here. Champai Soren, Former Jharkhand CM, States Reasons for Joining BJP; Expresses Faith in PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah.

The two were taken to the police station from the five-star hotel in the city where they were staying for the past few days, the sources said. The two police officers were later allowed to go.

They said that the two officers said they had come to Delhi on routine duty. Earlier, BJP leader and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that Champai Soren had been under "surveillance of his own government" police for the past five months. Champai Soren to Join BJP: Former Jharkhand CM to Join Saffron Party on August 30, Announces Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The two SIs were held by people close to the former chief minister from a Delhi hotel while they were keeping a watch on him, Sarma said.