Delhi Liquor scam: CBI summons Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia tweeted on Saturday that he has been summoned by CBI to their Headquarters tomorrow, February 19. He tweets that he has always cooperated with the investigation and will continue to do so. Delhi Liquor scam: CBI summons Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.

Delhi Deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia tweeted on Saturday that he has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to their headquarters on Sunday in connection with the Delhi liquor scam. According to sources in the CBI, Manish Sisodia has been called tomorrow for questioning based on the fresh available evidence against him.

The summon is in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy for the national capital. “CBI has called me again tomorrow. They have used the full power of ED and CBI against me. The officials had raided my house, searched my bank locker but nothing was found against me. I have made arrangements for good education for the children of Delhi. They want to stop me. I have always cooperated with the investigation and will continue to do so,” Sisodia said in a tweet.

The CBI had registered an FIR in a special court in August last year against Sisodia and 14 others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 477A (falsification of records), and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which deals with taking undue advantage to influence a public servant by corrupt or illegal means or by the exercise of personal influence.

The federal agency has alleged that the Delhi government’s policy to grant licences to liquor traders favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP.

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