Dhariwal speaks to the media after the CBI interrogation on Monday. (PTI)

New Delhi, April 4: Gutka baron Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal today showed up at the Delhi office of the CBI to ?clarify? charges of links with the Dawood gang, reports our special correspondent.

A CBI official said the Manikchand Gutka owner was questioned for nearly three-and-a-half hours. But there was no word from the bureau on whether it had found ?concrete evidence? to back its charges.

After questioning, Dhariwal told reporters that he had come to the CBI office to clarify his position. As for his links with the underworld, Dhariwal said: ?These are only allegations and I have appeared before the CBI to clarify.?