Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia under pressure to make false allegations in excise policy scam, claims AAP

Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on Sunday said former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was being mentally tortured in custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and forced to sign papers containing false allegations in the excise policy matter. is making

At a press conference, Singh said that Sisodia was being mentally harassed and forced to sign a paper listing all the allegations. Manish Sisodia, who worked day and night to provide good education to 18 lakh children, whose education model is being admired by the world… US President’s wife comes to India, she visits the schools built by Manish Sisodia and Arvind Kejriwal want to see Today Manish Sisodia is being mentally tortured in CBI custody. They tell him that all the charges have been given in writing. You sign it,” he said.

Referring to the charge sheet and supplementary charge sheet filed by the CBI, he said that Sisodia was not named as an accused in the corruption case. “Narendra Modi scolded the officers for creating fake cases, leveling false allegations, mental harassment and ordered them to ensure conviction. After that Manish Sisodia was arrested without any truth, basis or evidence.

The Aam Aadmi Party has said that the case against Sisodia is false and accused the Modi government of misusing central agencies to harass members of other parties.

Sisodia’s custody extended

Manish Sisodia’s CBI custody was extended till March 6 by a special CBI court on Saturday after the expiry of his five-day remand. The CBI had told the court that more time was needed to interrogate Sisodia as “certain missing files” containing legal opinion on the recommendations of the expert committee on excise policy were yet to be traced and called him “non-cooperative” during questioning. .

Sisodia’s counsel, senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, argued against the CBI’s plea that the agency’s inability to complete the investigation cannot be a ground for remand, and he cannot be asked to incriminate himself. Krishnan had also said, ‘Manish Sisodia’s wife is very unwell and she is technically in a vegetative state.’

mental abuse

After the order was pronounced, Sisodia told the court that the central agency was interrogating him for 10 hours, from 10 am to 8 pm, in its custody and repeatedly questioning him and termed it as “mental harassment”. . The court then asked the CBI not to ask anything. Questioned him repeatedly.

Following the court order, Singh had termed the extension of Sisodia’s custody as “harassment by the CBI”. “It is a more serious issue now, as alleged by Sisodia’s lawyer,” he said.

Opposition writes letter to PM on ‘misuse’ of central agencies

Opposition leaders including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, K Chandrasekhar Rao, Bhagwant Mann wrote a joint letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Alleging “blatant misuse” of central agencies against members of the opposition. Tejashwi Yadav (RJD), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Farooq Abdullah (Jammu and Kashmir National Conference), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena, UBT) and Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party leaders are also among the signatories of the letter.

“The blatant misuse of central agencies against members of the opposition suggests that we have transitioned from a democracy to an autocracy, the misuse of central agencies and constitutional offices such as Governor’s – to settle scores outside the electoral battleground,” the letter said. It has been said that this is highly condemnable as it does not bode well for our democracy.

There is anger across the country regarding his arrest. Sisodia is credited with transforming education in Delhi schools. His arrest will serve as an example of a political witch hunt and will serve to confirm what everyone was already suspecting: India’s democratic values ​​are under threat under dictatorial BJP rule, it alleged.

(With inputs from PTI)

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