The probe agency has prepared an exhaustive set of questions for Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who is likely to appear for questioning before investigators in connection with the Excise policy case probe on
India
oi-Deepika S
Delhi
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Manish
Sisodia
will
be
questioned
by
the
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation
(CBI)
in
connection
with
alleged
corruption
in
the
formulation
and
implementation
of
Delhi
excise
policy.
Sisodia
“Going
to
CBI
again
today,
will
cooperate
fully
during
the
investigation.
I
don’t
care
if
I
have
to
stay
in
jail
for
a
few
months.
I
am
a
follower
of
Bhagat
Singh,”
Manish
Sisodia
tweeted
in
Hindi,
ahead
of
his
questioning.
The
probe
agency
has
prepared
an
exhaustive
set
of
questions
for
Manish
Sisodia
who
is
likely
to
appear
for
questioning
before
investigators
in
connection
with
the
Excise
policy
case
probe
on
Sunday
amid
apprehensions
of
his
arrest.
Sisodia,
who
also
holds
the
Finance
portfolio
in
the
Delhi
Cabinet,
was
originally
summoned
last
Sunday
but
he
sought
deferment
of
his
questioning
citing
the
ongoing
Budget
exercise,
following
which,
the
CBI
had
asked
him
to
appear
on
February
26.
Sisodia
has
expressed
apprehensions
that
agencies
might
arrest
him.
“They
are
using
the
CBI
to
take
revenge
and
I
am
sure
they
will
do
that
by
getting
me
arrested,”
he
charged.
Armed
with
confessional
statements
of
Sisodia’s
“close
associate”
Dinesh
Arora,
and
information
gleaned
from
questioning
of
alleged
members
of
‘South
Lobby’,
a
coterie
of
politicians
and
liquor
businessmen
who
allegedly
swung
the
policy
in
their
favour,
the
CBI
has
prepared
an
elaborate
questionnaire
for
him,
the
officials
told
PTI.
It
is
alleged
the
Delhi
government’s
policy
to
grant
licences
to
liquor
traders
favoured
certain
dealers
who
had
allegedly
paid
bribes
for
it,
a
charge
strongly
refuted
by
the
AAP.
“It
was
further
alleged
that
irregularities
were
committed
including
modifications
in
Excise
Policy,
extending
undue
favours
to
the
licensees,
waiver/reduction
in
licence
fee,
the
extension
of
L-1
license
without
approval
etc.
“It
was
also
alleged
that
illegal
gains
on
the
count
of
these
acts
were
diverted
to
concerned
public
servants
by
private
parties
by
making
false
entries
in
their
books
of
accounts,”
a
CBI
spokesperson
had
said.
What
is
Delhi
liquor
scam
Delhi
liquor
case
is
a
corruption
case
in
which
the
Delhi
government’s
excise
department
was
allegedly
involved
in
a
scam
worth
crores
of
rupees.
The
Kejriwal
government
withdrew
Excise
Policy
2021-22
last
year
after
a
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation
(CBI)
probe
was
recommended
by
Delhi
Lieutenant
Governor
(LG)
VK
Saxena
into
“violation
of
norms
and
lapses”.
The
CBI
had
registered
an
FIR
in
a
special
court
in
August
last
year
against
Sisodia
and
14
others
under
various
sections
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
(IPC),
including
120B
(criminal
conspiracy)
and
477A
(falsification
of
records),
and
section
7
of
the
Prevention
of
Corruption
Act.
It
is
alleged
the
Delhi
government’s
policy
to
grant
licences
to
liquor
traders
favoured
certain
dealers
who
had
allegedly
paid
bribes
for
it,
a
charge
strongly
refuted
by
the
AAP.
