Delhi Excise Policy: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia has given a big statement while targeting Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Majithia on Tuesday demanded that the scope of the ongoing CBI probe into the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam be extended to neighboring Punjab.
Let us tell you that in the Delhi Excise Policy case, the Special Court of CBI on Monday handed over Sisodia to the Central Investigation Agency on a five-day remand. Majithia’s statement came a day after Sisodia was handed over to remand.
Majithia said – Enforcement Directorate should also investigate
Majithia tweeted that the CBI should probe the role of senior officers and AAP leaders who colluded to give huge benefits to select liquor manufacturers. He said that a separate Enforcement Directorate should also be set up to probe the allegations of money laundering.
Attacking the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the ruling party in Punjab, Majithia said party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was not allowing the investigating agencies to do their work as he felt that the trail could reach him.
Majithia asked- Why doesn’t Kejriwal allow agencies to work?
Bikram Singh Majithia said that why doesn’t Kejriwal allow the investigation agencies and courts to do their work? Why is he coming in the way of the judicial process by sponsoring protests against corruption? Majithia said that Kejriwal is adopting double standards on corruption.
Let us inform that Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on Sunday in the liquor case. Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers protested across the country on Monday after Sisodia’s arrest.
In the national capital, activists were seen sitting on the streets and raising slogans. Meanwhile, the CBI on Sunday issued a statement on Sisodia’s arrest, claiming that he was arrested for giving evasive answers to questions and not cooperating with the ongoing probe in the liquor scam case. .
In which sections the case was registered against Sisodia?
- IPC Section 120 (criminal conspiracy)
- IPC Section 477A (willful falsification of accounts)
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act
Why was Sisodia arrested?
- Sisodia did not cooperate in the investigation
- not answering questions correctly
- giving roundabout answers to questions
