New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been known as for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday (February 19) in reference to the Delhi Excise Policy case. He is being summoned nearly 3 months after the chargesheet was filed within the case. Sisodia was earlier the in-cost of the Excise division. Despite the questioning by authorities and a search at his residence by CBI final 12 months, he has not been named as an accused within the case because the investigation remains to be ongoing.
“The further investigation in the case regarding the money trail and the larger conspiracy in the formulation and implementation of Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 is still in progress,” an official stated. From the start, Sisodia has vouched for his innocence within the case and stated he would wholeheartedly cooperate within the investigation. As he’s set to seem for questioning right this moment at 11 am with the CBI, let’s check out the important thing factors within the Delhi Excise Policy case.
- Manish Sisodia is ready to attain the CBI headquarters in Lodhi Road forward of the questioning at 11 am right this moment (February 19). On Saturday, he had alluded to the BJP targetting him by means of this investigation. He tweeted, “They have used the full power of CBI, ED against me, raided my house, searched bank locker, but nothing was found against me.” He stated that the CBI has been made to go after him as a result of “they” need to cease him from doing “good work” on the schooling of the kids in Delhi.
- In the Delhi Excise Policy case, it has been alleged that the AAP authorities’s coverage to grant licences to liquor merchants favoured sure sellers who had allegedly paid bribes for it.
- Two businessmen Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally have been arrested within the case. They have been amongst 7 accused named within the chargesheet filed in November final 12 months.
- CBI officers have claimed that the AAP govt allegedly dedicated irregularities together with modifications in Excise Policy, extending undue favours to the licensees, waiver/discount in licence price, and extension of L-1 license with out approval.
- Gains earned from such acts have been diverted to involved public servants by personal events by making false entries of their books of accounts, a CBI spokesperson said as quoted by PTI.
- The CBI is now focussed on the alleged affect of a “South Lobby” of businessmen and politicians in formulating and implementing Delhi liquor coverage to swing it of their favour utilizing middlemen, liquor merchants, and public servants.
(With PTI inputs)
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