AAP leader Manish Sisodia reaches CBI office for questioning in Delhi excise policy case

Ahead of the CBI questioning, Manish Sisodia tweeted, "we will never bow down to dictatorship."

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New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia reached CBI headquarters for questioning in the excise policy case on Monday morning (Oct 17).  The CBI is likely to ask him questions about the changes made in the excise policy. "The CBI can ask why they waived off Rs 144.36 crore. Why was the waiver given on a tender license too," a source told IANS. The Delhi Police also imposed section 144 outside Sisodia`s house. Police personnel were also deployed to avoid untoward incidents in case of protests by the AAP workers. Deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia told ANI, "Their (BJP) aim is to send me to jail to stop me from going to Gujarat. Nothing was found against me in the raids."

Manish Sisodia's tweet ahead of CBI summon

The Delhi DCM took his mother's Aashirvad in the morning ahead of appearing before the CBI today. He also tweeted, "We will never bow down before dictatorship. This is the second fight for freedom against the conspirators."

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter and said that the summon was nothing but a tactic to stop Sisodia from visiting from poll-bound Gujarat, tweeting. "Nothing was found from the house of Sisodia. Nothing was found in his lockers too. This case is totally bogus case. Sisodia had to visit Gujarat to canvas for the party. They want to arrest him so that he couldn`t visit Gujarat. But our campaign will not stop, all Gujaratis are with us."

CBI Headquarters जाने के पूर्व राजघाट में बापू का आशीर्वाद लिया | LIVE https://t.co/ybvYAc8unQ — Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) October 17, 2022

Delhi Deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia reaches CBI headquarters for questioning in the excise policy case. pic.twitter.com/QTAP8vE3kO — ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2022

Notably, the CBI has made Sisodia accused number one in its FIR, which was 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 an exemption of Rs 30 crore. The licence holders were allegedly given extensions according to their own will. The policy rules were made by violating excise rules.

The FIR reportedly 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.

(With agency inputs)