New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will on Monday grill Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy scam.
Sisodia is all set to join the investigation at its headquarters here by 11 a.m.
Ahead of the questioning, several AAP MLAs went in a huddle and met Sisodia at his residence.
After receiving the CBI summons, Sisodia wrote a letter to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena appealing to him to take cognisance of his constitutional duty of maintaining public order. Here are the top developments of the story:
-AAP leader Manish Sisodia will be questioned today by the CBI in connection with Delhi liquor scam. Ahead of his questioning, security has been tightened outside the residence of Manish Sisodia and police forces have been deployed. AAP MLAs Durgesh Pathak and Kuldeep Kumar have arrived at his residence to meet him.
The Delhi Police imposed section 144 outside Sisodia’s house. On Monday, a number of police personnel were also deployed to avoid untoward incidents in case of protest by the AAP workers.
The CBI has made Sisodia accused number one in its FIR. The CBI’s FIR has been lodged under sections 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) and 477-A (Falsification of accounts) of the IPC. The allegations against Sisodia is that liquor businessmen were allegedly given exemption of Rs 30 crore. The licence holders were allegedly given extension according to their own will. The policy rules were made by violating excise rules.
It also said that Sisodia and a few liquor barons were actively involved in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licensees to public servants, who have also been accused in the case.
