What Led to CBI Arresting Manish Sisodia Today in Delhi Liquor Policy Case
New Delhi: Manish Sisodia, Delhi’s Deputy Minister, was today arrested by the CBI after questioning him for over eight hours in the Delhi liquor policy case. He is the second Delhi minister to be arrested.
We have some crucial facts about this big story: The Central Bureau of Investigation said that Manish Sisodia’s answers were not satisfactory. Mr. Sisodia had arrived at the CBI headquarters at 11 am today and was questioned for nearly eight hours about alleged corruption in the now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy.
- CBI officials said that the Aam Aadmi Party leader was today grilled on various aspects of the excise policy – including his alleged link with Dinesh Arora and other accused mentioned in the FIR, and details of message exchanges from multiple phones.
- Agency officials said that investigators felt that Mr. Sisodia was not cooperating in the investigation.
- They also said that Manish Sisodia did not give clarifications sought by officials on crucial points.
- CBI officials said it was felt that custodial interrogation was necessary to put Mr. Sisodia through intense questioning.
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