The Central Bureau of Investigation summoned Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday. On Monday Sisodia will go to the agency headquarters to meet the officials in connection with Delhi Excise Policy Scam.
Taking to Twitter Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia tweeted, “I will go and fully cooperate with the CBI as it has called me to the headquarters at 11 am tomorrow after raiding my house for 14 hours and searching bank account and even my village where they could not find anything.”
Earlier in August search operation was conducted on Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s official residence in connection with the alleged corruption in the implementation of Delhi’s excise policy.
Meanwhile, Sisodia has been under the scanner for providing undue benefits to the tender process for liquor licensees for the year 2021-22.
During the Delta Covid-19 pandemic in 2021 Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led, Delhi Cabinet passed the excise policy.
Besides Sisodia 15 others have been booked and an FIR has been filed by the CBI in August. The case has also been filed including Excise Commissioner Arva Gopi Krishna, Deputy Commissioner Anand Tiwari, and Assistant Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar.
Moreover, the other accused who are said to be involved are Manoj Rai, a former employee of Pernod Ricard; Amandeep Dhal, director of Brindco Sales; director of Buddy Retail Amit Arora, and Dinesh Arora; authorized signatories of Mahadev Liquors Sunny Marwah, Arun Ramchandra Pillai, and Arjun Pandey.
However, there is allegedly caused a loss of Rs 144.36 crore and the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said irregularities were committed while modifying the Excise Policy.