Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been summoned by the CBI for questioning in the Delhi Excise scam. The Delhi government has been accused of a policy of giving licenses to liquor traders and favoring some dealers who allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly denied by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Significantly, Sisodia has not been named as an accused in the charge sheet. Arrested businessmen Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally were among the seven accused named in the charge sheet.
Confirming the news, Manish Sisodia tweeted, “CBI has called me again yesterday. They are using full power of CBI,ED against me…Raised my house & searched bank locker, But nothing was found against me. I have made arrangements.” For the better education of the children of Delhi. They want to stop me. I have always cooperated with the investigation and will continue to do so.”