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CBI team taking Deputy CM Manish Sisodia from Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court for remand.
The court has given CBI remand of Deputy CM Manish Sisodia till March 4. In the Delhi Liquor Policy case, the investigating agency had sought 5-day custody of Sisodia, which was accepted by the court. Earlier, Sisodia was produced at Rouse Avenue Court at 3:10 pm on Monday. After hearing about 30 minutes, the court had reserved its decision on the demand of CBI’s remand.
CBI arrested Sisodia on Sunday after 8 hours of questioning. The investigating agency had said that Sisodia was not giving correct answers to the questions. That’s why his remand is necessary.
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CBI: The lawyer said in the court, “This whole case is of profit. We have to investigate further on this. Sisodia is the Excise Minister and he was leading a group of ministers. There was no discussion about the model of liquor policy.” “
Sisodia: Advocate Dayan Krishnan said, “The LG had given the go-ahead to the policy in May 2021. The whole debate about the profit margin is being done, it was approved by the LG. He also approved the changes. On the very first day CBI talked about the phones. Said Sisodia used 4 phones, destroyed 3. Can’t Sisodia give his phone to second hand shop. Would he have kept his phone, did he know that CBI will come and arrest him, so he keeps the phone?”
Sisodia: Dayan Krishnan said, “CBI is saying that Sisodia is not responding the way they want. As far as cooperation in the investigation is concerned, Sisodia has cooperated. His house was raided. His phones The agency is with it. Now the agency is saying that Sisodia is giving evasive answers. He has this right. A person has constitutional rights.”CBI did not talk about tampering with evidence and deleting files in the court
AAP leader and lawyer Bhupinder Singh Joon said- CBI did not tell a single ground against Sisodia in the court today. CBI did not say any such thing in the court as it is rumored that the file has been deleted, the evidence has been tampered with. He remained completely silent in the remand application he gave.
AAP’s performance in Delhi and the country
After the arrest of Sisodia, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is demonstrating in many cities of the country including Delhi. Leaders-workers have been detained. View photos…
Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh (in black jacket) and other leaders protest against the arrest of Manish Sisodia, in Delhi on Monday.
Aam Aadmi Party workers demonstrated in Hyderabad, Telangana on Monday. Many activists have been detained.
A large number of party workers and security forces were present near the AAP office in Delhi on Monday. During this, there were clashes many times.
Case related updates…
- Aam Aadmi Party workers protest outside the party office in Delhi. They also clashed with the security forces. A scuffle also broke out between the women activists and the women police force.
- Police warned AAP workers to move away. Many leaders-activists were also taken into custody. The police also entered the AAP office.
- Aam Aadmi Party is demonstrating all over the country. Aam Aadmi Party workers demonstrated in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh. Activists have been detained at many places.
today’s statement
1. Kejriwal said – Many CBI officers were against the arrest
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “CBI did not have evidence against Sisodia. Many officers were against his arrest. Sisodia has been arrested under political pressure.”
2. Raut said – Are there all saints in BJP?
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said, “The action on Sisodia shows that the central government wants to silence the opposition. We are with Sisodiaji. Be it Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Delhi, the Center is using CBI and ED to kill opposition leaders.” Sending them to jail or forcing them to surrender. Be it Sisodia, Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh or me. Are all saints in the BJP?”
3. Union Minister said- Do not use the name of Bhagat Singh to hide your sins
Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi said, “Don’t use the name of Bhagat Singh to hide your sins. They may have formed the government in the name of honesty, but these people have proved to be the most dishonest. It is because of this government that The kids are getting upset.”
Digital device, liquor policy draft report and officer’s statement, this is what led Sisodia to arrest…
It is being told in the reports quoting CBI sources that on August 19 last year, the CBI investigated the Delhi Excise Department. A digital device was seized from there. From this device, CBI came to know that a document of liquor policy was sent to a system which was not in the network of excise department.
After this, the CBI called the officer of the Excise Department for questioning. The officer provided details of a system, which was seized by the agency from Sisodia’s office on January 14 this year. Most of the files in this system were deleted, but with the help of its forensic team, the CBI retrieved the data. Forensic investigation revealed that the document was made from outside and received on WhatsApp.
After getting this information, the CBI called the 1996 batch bureaucrat for investigation. This bureaucrat had worked as the secretary of Sisodia. According to sources, the officer told the CBI that in March 2021, Sisodia had called him to Kejriwal’s office. There the minister’s report on the draft liquor policy was given to the officer. Satyendar Jain was also present during this.
The officer told that the rule of 12% profit margin came from this draft report itself. No record was found of any discussion for this rule, or any file related to it. On Sunday, CBI questioned Sisodia about this draft report but Sisodia refused to share the information. The officer’s statement was recorded before a magistrate in early February.
Sisodia was interrogated for 8 hours, close Dinesh Arora’s big role..4 important points
1. In media reports, CBI sources were quoted as saying that when businessmen were being benefited through the liquor policy, Sisodia had changed 3 phones in a day. The CBI said after the arrest that the answers to the questions put to Sisodia were not satisfactory. The arrest has been made in connection with irregularities in the liquor policy and making personal gains through it.
2. The CBI said that Sisodia avoided answering many important questions. We also presented evidence before them, but they did not cooperate in the investigation. The agency said that it is necessary to keep him in custody for in-depth questioning.
3. CBI said that Sisodia was interrogated for 8 hours. Sisodia was questioned about liquor policy, Sisodia’s connection with Dinesh Arora. Sisodia has also made several phone calls. Several phone sets were also destroyed. Based on his details, questions were asked to Sisodia.
4. Dinesh Arora is a businessman from Delhi. He has a restaurant. ED has also investigated in this matter. In it, Dinesh Arora has been described as close to Sisodia. The agency said that Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh spoke to Arora regarding election funding. After this, Arora sought cooperation in funding from many businessmen and gave Rs 82 lakh to Sisodia for the assembly elections. Arora turned approver after the investigation into the liquor policy case began. It was he who had named Sisodia and many big AAP leaders.
Destroyed 170 mobiles, that’s why Manish Sisodia was arrested… read Bhaskar’s explainer
WHAT NEXT: Finance Ministry challenge for Kejriwal government, budget to be presented
Sisodia was handling 18 out of 33 departments of the Delhi government, including finance, education and home. In such a situation, the biggest challenge before Kejriwal is the Finance Ministry, because the budget is to be presented soon. Sisodia is the second Delhi minister who has been arrested. Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been in jail since June 2022 and is currently a minister without portfolio. So far, several arrests have been made in the case including AAP spokesperson Vijay Nair.
LG had recommended the investigation
In July 2022, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena recommended a CBI inquiry against Manish Sisodia. Saxena had accused Sisodia of doing corruption by ignoring the rules. After this ED and CBI started investigation against Sisodia. In this case, after the new tender, the BJP has wrongly accused the liquor contractors of waiving 144 crores.
Roadshow taken out before CBI inquiry
Before questioning, Sisodia came out from the sunroof of his car and greeted the supporters. He headed straight for Rajghat with a crowd of supporters.
Understand the liquor policy case…
1. Kejriwal government implemented new liquor policy in November 2021
In May 2020, the Delhi government brought a new liquor policy in the assembly, which was implemented from November 2021. The government had given 4 main arguments behind implementing the new liquor policy…
- To end liquor mafia and black marketing in Delhi.
- To increase the revenue of Delhi Government.
- Redressal of grievances of people who buy liquor.
- There will be equal distribution of liquor shops in every ward.
Allegations of waiving 144 crores of liquor contractors
On 22 July 2022, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena demanded a CBI inquiry against Manish Sisodia regarding the new liquor policy. Saxena has accused Kejriwal government minister Sisodia of corruption by ignoring the rules. On the other hand, BJP has accused the Kejriwal government of wrongly waiving 144 crores of liquor contractors after the new tender.
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