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CBI names Sisodia as first accused in Delhi liquor policy case

New Delhi: The CBI had registered an FIR against 15 people, including Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, in the excise scam on August 17, two days before the raid.

The FIR also names some liquor companies. In the copy of the FIR, anon public servant and private person are mentioned at number 16. That is, the investigating agency can also add the names of some more people to the FIR.

The CBI has named the then Excise Commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna, the then Deputy Excise Commissioner Anand Kumar Tiwari, Assistant Excise Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar, nine businessmen and two companies in the FIR.

In the excise policy case of Delhi, CBI raids are going on at 21 places in 7 states including the residence of Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. The probe agency reached Sisodia’s house only at 8.30 am. Since then, searches have been going on at the government residence (A Wing Delhi Secretariat). The officers have seized the phones and laptops of him and the rest of the family members.

 

AAP and BJP come face to face

Aap said that this action has been taken to stop Kejriwal. Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said- CBI raided Arvind Kejriwal’ house, only four mufflers were found and they will find only pencils, notebooks and geometry boxes in Manish Sisodia’s house.

 

BJP leader Kapil Mishra has claimed that the photo published in foreign newspapers is not of a government school in Delhi but of a private school. Earlier, the BJP had also alleged that there was a deal between Kejriwal and the liquor mafia before the Punjab elections.