Manish Sisodia is questioned again based on new information. (File)
New Delhi:
Manish Sisodia, the deputy of Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi and a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi party, has again been summoned for questioning on the liquor policy issue. He has claimed that the BJP has used the “full power” of central agencies to hunt him down.
The agency has alleged that crores were paid to the “highest levels” of Mr Kejriwal’s government for favors in rolling out the now-scrapped liquor sales policy.
According to sources, Mr. Sisodia will be questioned again on the basis of new information brought to light by a series of new arrests.
Here are live updates on the CBI’s interrogation of Manish Sisodia:
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Manish Sisodia is likely to leave his official residence on Mathura Road in central Delhi at 10:30 am and reach the CBI headquarters on Lodhi Road in South Delhi half an hour later.
CBI has alleged that crores were paid to the “highest levels” of Arvind Kejriwal’s government for favors in rolling out the now-scrapped liquor sales policy.
He will be questioned again on the basis of new information brought to light by a series of new arrests.
The CBI has detained Mr. Sisodia over a corruption scandal involving the rollout of a now-abolished liquor sales policy.
The AAP has dismissed the allegations as “vendetta” by the BJP to settle political scores in an escalating confrontation, the latest round of which saw Mr Kejriwal’s party win a major victory in the Supreme Court a day ago.
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