He said that the process of verification of documents is going on and notices are being issued to the suspects for questioning.
Sisodia claimed that a look out notice had been issued against him in the excise policy case being probed by the CBI and termed the move a “drama” as the agency was found “nothing” during the raid on his residence on Friday. found.
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However, CBI officials said that they have not yet felt the need to issue LoCs against public servants as they cannot leave the country without informing the government.
Sisodia is among 15 persons and entities named in the FIR registered by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi government’s Excise Policy 2021-22.
The agency on Friday raided 31 places, including Sisodia’s residence and premises of some bureaucrats and businessmen.
Under the CBI probe are at least two payments worth crores of rupees by Indospirits owner Sameer Mahendru to “close associates” of Sisodia, who was one of the liquor traders actively involved in the alleged irregularities.
The FIR alleges Sisodia’s “close associates” – Amit Arora, director of Buddy Retail Pvt Ltd. Ltd. in Gurugram, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey – “were actively involved in managing and diverting accused public servants of undue pecuniary gain collected from liquor licensees”.
The CBI raids on Friday, which lasted around 15 hours, came after Lt Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena last month recommended a probe by the agency into alleged violations of rules and procedural lapses in the implementation of the policy since November. Last year 17.
The Delhi government withdrew the policy in July after Saxena recommended a probe.
(with inputs from PTI)