CBI is likely to question him about changes made in excise policy
Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will be grilled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will on Monday to grill in the excise policy scam. He will join the investigation at the CBI headquarters by 11 a.m. 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,” said a source.
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 are that liquor businessmen were allegedly given an exemption of Rs.30 crore. The license holders were allegedly given extensions 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.
“Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Arva Gopi Krishna, the then Commissioner (Excise), Anand Tiwari, the then Deputy Commissioner (Excise), and Pankaj Bhatnagar, Assistant Commissioner (Excise) were instrumental in recommending and taking decisions pertaining to excise policy for the year 2021-22 without the approval of competent authority with an intention to extend undue favours to the licensee post tender,” read the FIR. As of now, the CBI has made two arrests in the case.
Last Monday, the CBI arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally in the case. His name cropped up during the course of the investigation. He was called to join the investigation, but he was not cooperating in the questioning and was allegedly trying to mislead the CBI. “Boinpally was not named in the FIR,” said the source.
Vijay Nair, the Jor Bagh (Delhi)-based businessman was the first one to be arrested by the agency. After him, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Sameer Mahendru who is an alleged associate of Nair.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Shameless fellow. Even if arrested & sent to jail, says – he has no repentance / remorse on having done any wrong !! What a change of times !! Murder, loot, fraud, scam, rape …etc.. Yet show remorse nor repentance, everything is fair ?
Is Supreme Court side with this man or his actions mentioning lack of evidence ?
Sisodia to be grilled.
Wonder, if medium-rare or fully grilled and served to Modi along with imported mushroom sauces!
Remains to be seen if the Dy. CM goes to the CBI office alone or with the crowd of the party supporters. The PM as CM had faced the SIT enquiry for 12 hours and had gone all alone.