New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Reacting to Delhi former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia`s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation in reference to alleged irregularities within the now-scrapped liquor coverage,
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari asserted that Delhi Chief Minister would additionally meet the identical destiny. “I can clearly foresee that in future, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would meet the same fate as jailed ministers Sisodia and Satyendar Jain. You can cheat a human being, but you can`t cheat God. The way Delhi`s treasury has been looted, I don`t think any criminal or corrupt person will be able to escape,” Manoj Tiwari stated.
Days after the arrest made by the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Sisodia within the liquor coverage case, after hours of questioning at Tihar Jail.The ED started questioning the senior AAP chief and one of many social gathering`s founding members, days after it recorded his assertion on Tuesday.
Sisodia was arrested by the CBI within the liquor coverage case on February 26 and was despatched to 14-day judicial custody on March 6.The ED additionally made one other arrest within the case earlier, because it took Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai into its custody.
The ED, on Thursday, summoned Bharatiya Rashtriya Samiti (BRS) MLC and Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekhar Rao`s daughter Ok Kavitha for questioning within the liquor coverage case.Sisodia was arrested by the CBI earlier in its ongoing investigation of a case associated to alleged irregularities within the framing and implementation of the excise coverage of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD). Delhi`s Rouse Avenue Court despatched him to Judicial Custody until March 20.ED, final yr, filed its first chargesheet within the case.
The company stated it has, to this point, undertaken practically 200 search operations on this case after an FIR was filed, taking cognisance of the CBI case registered on the advice of Delhi`s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.
The CBI inquiry was advisable on the findings of the Delhi chief secretary`s report filed in July displaying prima facie violations of the GNCTD Act 1991, Transaction of Business Rules (ToBR)-1993, Delhi Excise Act-2009, and Delhi Excise Rules-2010, officers had stated.In October, the ED had raided practically three dozen places in Delhi and Punjab following the arrest of Sameer Mahendru, managing director of Delhi`s Jor Bagh-based liquor distributor Indospirit Group, within the case and arrested him later.
The CBI filed its first cost sheet within the case earlier.The ED and the CBI had alleged that irregularities had been dedicated whereas modifying the Excise Policy, and undue favours had been prolonged to licence holders.
It was additional alleged that the licence payment was waived or diminished and the L-1 licence was prolonged with out the competent authority`s approval. The beneficiaries diverted “illegal” positive aspects to the accused officers and made false entries of their books of account to evade detection.
Further, it was alleged that the Excise division had determined to refund the Earnest Money Deposit of about Rs 30 crore to a profitable tenderer towards the set guidelines.
Even although there was no enabling provision, a waiver on tendered licence charges was allowed from December 28, 2021, to January 27, 2022, as a result of Covid-19, it was alleged additional.This allegedly precipitated a lack of Rs 144.36 crore to the exchequer, the companies claimed. (ANI)
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