Why Manish Sisodia was arrested
Delhi Liquor Scam: The CBI on Sunday questioned Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for eight hours in the Delhi liquor scam case and then arrested him. Sisodia stayed in the CBI head quarter overnight and will be produced in the court today. His muscle will be through video conferencing. There have been allegations of corruption against Sisodia in bringing the canceled liquor sale policy. According to sources in the central agency, a digital device was seized during searches at the Excise Department on August 19. While probing it, the agency traced one of the draft excise policy documents, which was not part of the excise department.
Digital device found in computer became reason for arrest
Sources said when they questioned an excise department official in this regard, they found a clue of the computer in Sisodia’s office and seized the system from the deputy chief minister’s office on January 14. It is being claimed that it was because of the clues found from this computer of Sisodia that the CBI has prepared a strong case which has become an important evidence for the arrest of Sisodia. The CBI says that it has prepared both evidence and witnesses against Manish Sisodia before arresting him. A digital device seized during the August 19 search from the Excise Department has played an important role in arresting Manish Sisodia and gathering evidence.
The CBI said it traced one of the excise policy draft documents to a separate system, which was not part of the excise department network. Sources said that most of the files in the system had been deleted, but they managed to retrieve the records with the help of the CBI’s forensic team. He said that forensic examination has revealed that the document under scanner was created from elsewhere and was obtained from WhatsApp.
After Sisodia’s arrest, the CBI has now summoned another 1996 batch Delhi bureaucrat who has served in the Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Civil) services and who worked as Manish Sisodia’s secretary. Worked as. Now he will also be questioned in the liquor scam case. Please tell that in the first week of February his statement was recorded before the magistrate.
CBI told why Sisodia was arrested
CBI sources said that during interrogation, Sisodia was asked about this draft document, but he refused to share the details. In a statement issued yesterday after Sisodia’s arrest, the central agency said, “He gave evasive answers and did not cooperate with the investigation despite being confronted with evidence to the contrary.” “Therefore, he has been arrested,” the agency said.
what is delhi liquor scam
Tell that on November 17, 2021, the Delhi government had implemented a new liquor policy in the state and under this, 32 zones were created in the capital and a maximum of 27 shops were to be opened in each zone, which means in total 849 liquor shops were to be opened. Earlier, 60 percent of liquor shops in Delhi were government owned and 40 percent were private. After the implementation of the new policy, it became 100 percent private. The government had argued that it would benefit Rs 3,500 crore but it is alleged to have caused loss to both the public and the government. It is also alleged that big liquor businessmen were benefited from this.