Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that he and his family had cooperated with the CBI, which he claimed was "being misused" by the Centre, on a day when the investigative agency carried out raids at multiple locations in connection with a case linked to the state's excise policy.
Manish Sisodia has been named as the accused number 1 of the fifteen accused in the CBI's first information report or FIR into the Delhi liquor policy case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation today searched over 20 locations, including the residence of Manish Sisodia,over the Centre's allegations of corruption in the Delhi liquor policy. "CBI is here at my residence. I will cooperate with the probe agency, they will not find anything against me," Manish Sisodia tweeted as news of the raids emerged.
The probe agency has filed an FIR and is investigating the Delhi Excise Policy launched in November, under which liquor shop licenses were handed over to private players.
Here are the Highlights on CBI Raids On Manish Sisodia:
Manish Sisodia made it clear that he was not afraid and that he has done no wrong in introducing the liquor policy. He said that the CBI is being misused.
Manish Sisodia addressed presspersons after day-long CBI raids, which began early in the day, saying he is "kattar imandar".
Manish Sisodia, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, said his personal phone and laptop have been seized by CBI officials after a 14-hour long raid at his home.
Manish Sisodia, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister who also handles the Excise department, was raided by the CBI today over the Centre's allegations of corruption in the liquor policy. The Aam Aadmi Party government has denied the allegations.
In a massive showdown over CBI raids today on Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rubbished the BJP's charge that a New York Times article featuring Mr Sisodia is "paid news".
Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 14 others in connection with an alleged excise policy case.
Excise officials, liquor company executives, dealers along with unknown public servants and private persons have too been booked in the case.
The aforementioned facts prima facie disclose the commission of offences punishable under section 120-B, 477A IPC and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 (As amended in 2018).
A total of 15 persons have been named in the FIR including Sisodia for criminal conspiracy, falsification of account and undue advantage.
Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Arva Gopi Krishna, the then Commissioner (Excise), Anand Tiwari, the then Deputy Commissioner (Excise), Pankaj Bhatnagar, Assistant Commissioner (Excise), Vijay Nair, former CEO, Only Much Louder, an entertainment and
event management company, Manoj Rai, Ex-Employee of Pernod Ricard, Amandeep Dhal, Director, Brindco Sales Pvt. Ltd, Sameer Mahendru, Managing Director, lndospirit Group have been mentioned in the FIR copy.
Manish Sisodia has been named as No. 1 of 16 accused in the Central Bureau of Investigation's first information report, or FIR, filed into the Delhi liquor policy case linked to the Deputy Chief Minister. CBI officers have been searching Mr Sisodia's home since 8 am today.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) may initiate a money laundering investigation over the framing and execution of the AAP government's excise policy, official sources said on Friday after the CBI raided Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others in the matter.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday raided the Delhi residence of Sisodia, 50, that of IAS officer and former Delhi excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and 19 other locations across seven states and Union Territories after it registered an FIR to investigate alleged irregularities in the formulation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy brought out in November last year.
As the CBI raided the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday in connection with the excise policy probe, a Congress leader said that it is not surprised that the raids did not take place earlier.
"It is not surprising. We have been hearing about what has been happening in the Delhi Government for the last 7-8 years. It is surprising that the CBI raids didn't happen earlier. Be it liquor case, construction of rooms in schools, teachers recruitment, the civil defence recruitment case or the contracts case wherever you see, there should've been not one but 10 CBI raids," Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit told ANI.
Mr Dikshit alleged that the Congress has always believed that the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP have worked in collusion in Delhi to damage the prospects of Congress.
Entering the CBI versus Delhi government fray, the state Congress on Friday said it too had raised the matter of "corruption" in the distribution of liquor licences with the previous police commissioner but no action was taken.
He said the party had also staged several protests demanding the resignation of Delhi Excise Minister Manish Sisodia over the alleged violation of rules and procedural lapses in the Arvind Kejriwal government's Excise Policy, 2021-22.
"CBI has registered a case against Kejriwal's another corrupt minister Sisodia in the liquor scam and raids. The Congress fought from the road to the investigating agency to prevent Delhi from becoming a drug capital. We have promised to public to send these 'hardcore dishonest' to jail," Anil Kumar tweeted in Hindi.
On a day the CBI raided his deputy Manish Sisodia, Arvind Kejriwal announced a "Missed Call" campaign urging people to join his "national mission".
"To join our national mission to make India Number 1, please give missed call on 9510001000, let's take India on the top," the Delhi Chief Minister said in a video address.
CBI raids underway at the residence of Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. pic.twitter.com/vzzu7e0FGJ
- ANI (@ANI) August 19, 2022
As the CBI today raided Manish Sisodia, the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sneered that the agency would find nothing but "pencils and geometry boxes" at his home.
AAP and its chief Arvind Kejriwal alleged that the CBI arrived at Manish Sisodia's home just after he was featured in the New York Times over his education model.
The CBI had found nothing in past raids and would find nothing today, said AAP's Raghav Chaddha.
"They raided Arvind Kejriwal, found four mufflers. And all they will find in Manish Sisodia's home are pencils, notebooks and geometry boxes," Mr Chaddha said.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who oversees the Excise department, said the policy was meant to tackle corruption in government liquor outlets.
Attacking the Centre on 'the rise of Arvind Kejriwal', former Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said that it is the time for Bharatiya Janata Party to destabilise. Terming the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate the "longest arms of government" Mr Sibal tweeted, "Now that Kejriwal is on the rise, Time for BJP to destabilise". He further mentioned in his tweet that earlier 'the target was Satyender Jain, now it is Sisodia.'
Akhilesh Yadav responded to CBI raids on Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. In a tweet, Akhilesh Yadav said, "Using raids as a political tool is condemnable".
#JustIn | "Why is there no CBI action against BJP leaders?": AAP leader @Raghav_Chadha on raids at #ManishSisodia's residence over liquor policy pic.twitter.com/tyzukugoj4
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 19, 2022
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday dubbed Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as an "excuse minister" after the latter claimed he was "paying the price for honesty" as the CBI searched his premises in connection with the excise scam.
Manish Sisodia, who also holds the excise portfolio in the Delhi government, said the agency probe against him was to derail his work to improve education facilities in the national capital.
As Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia came under the CBI's radar and a raid was conducted at Sisodia's residence, the leaders from the Aam Admi Party sounded on one track and so did AAP Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha who lauded the Delhi government led education revolution in the region and said that there were many such raids in the last eight years that resulted in nothing.
The AAP leader also hailed Manish Sisodia's efforts as the education minister and said that the Kejriwal-led government was attracting international acclaim.
The probe agency has filed an FIR and is investigating the Delhi Excise Policy launched in November, under which liquor shop licenses were handed over to private players.
#ExcisePolicyCase | CBI conducts raids at the premises of the former Delhi Excise Commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna. | reported by news agency ANI pic.twitter.com/BwzKWVdeFQ
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 19, 2022
#Delhi | AAP workers detained outside Deputy Chief Minister #ManishSisodia's residence.
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 19, 2022
Manish Sisodia was raided by the CBI today over the Centre's allegations of corruption in the Delhi liquor policy. pic.twitter.com/vDP5PDSH5v
Delhi Police has detained several workers who had gathered outside the house of Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's house. One worker claimed that they did not raise any slogans or misbehave with the police.
#WATCH | Police detained AAP workers who gathered outside Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia's residence.
- ANI (@ANI) August 19, 2022
A worker says, "They're announcing that they've imposed Sec 144 here. Nobody raised slogans or misbehaved, we don't what do they fear. The more they stop us, the bigger we'll grow." pic.twitter.com/a29Esh51Q5
Exuding confidence that nothing will be found against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the raids. Raghav Chadha said his party leaders will fully cooperate with the probe agency.
"The CBI raided the residence of Manish Sisodia at the behest of the BJP on the day when Delhi education model was appreciated and his photo appeared on the front page of America's biggest newspaper NYT," Mr Chadha tweeted.
🔴 Arvind Kejriwal's "Missed Call" Campaign Amid CBI Raid On Manish Sisodia https://t.co/3yJ8tD7jXg
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 19, 2022
NDTV's Akshay Dongare reports pic.twitter.com/nut8TvYItx
Watch: Why Is CBI Investigating Manish Sisodia? An ExplainerThe CBI arrived at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's home this morning over allegations linked to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's new liquor policy, withdrawn last month. AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had predicted that the Centre would target his deputy, said "nothing had come out" in many previous raids and nothing would. Mr Kejriwal said the CBI raids are the result of the good performance of his ministers, which is being appreciated globally. This is the latest in a series of raids and arrests targeting opposition parties across the country.
Arvind Kejriwal's "Missed Call" Campaign Amid CBI Raid On Manish SisodiaAmid CBI raid on Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Arvind Kejriwal launched a"Missed Call" campaign for his "national mission".
Manish Sisodia Targeted By CBI, 8-Point Guide To His Much-Praised CareerThe CBI on Friday carried out searches at the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after registering a case over allegations of corruption in AAP government's Excise Policy. The agency has searched 21 locations across India.
Welcome, CBI, Says AAP's Raghav Chadha, Just Like Tejashwi YadavAfter the CBI launched raids against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia this morning, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha praised his party colleague calling himthe "hero of the education revolution".
We were hearing about happenings in Delhi Govt. Surprising that raids didn't happen earlier. Be it liquor case, construction of rooms in schools, teachers recrutiment, wherever you see, there should've been 10 CBI raids: Sandeep Dikshit,Congress on CBI raid on Delhi Dy CM Sisodia pic.twitter.com/FPtje25Y7W
- ANI (@ANI) August 19, 2022
"This is nothing but vendetta politics": AAP spokesperson Reena Gupta (@Gupta_ReenaG) on raids at #ManishSisodia's residence over liquor policy pic.twitter.com/VXOzdOGQd4
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 19, 2022
"You will be punished if you do wrong": BJP MLA Ram Kadam on raids at #ManishSisodia's residence over liquor policy pic.twitter.com/xNdEqdAX7l
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 19, 2022
#WATCH | No matter how hard a corrupt person tries to prove himself innocent, he will still remain corrupt. This is not the first case of corruption by AAP. There has been huge corruption in the liquor stores in Delhi: Union Min Anurag Thakur on CBI raids at Dy CM's residence pic.twitter.com/gFdlj1OblC
- ANI (@ANI) August 19, 2022
Manish Sisodia's Work Praised In US's Biggest Paper, Centre Sent CBI Gift: Arvind KejriwalDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the CBI raid at his junior colleague's house was the result of their good performance which is being appreciated globally.
"Liquor policy was one of the finest policies that was full into implementation after the approval of Lieutenant Governor": Jasmine Shah (@Jasmine441), AAP spokesperson, on raids at #ManishSisodia's residence over liquor policy pic.twitter.com/SQpFNeyqf1
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 19, 2022
Why Is CBI Investigating Manish Sisodia? An ExplainerThe CBI arrived at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's home this morning for searches linked to allegations of irregularities in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's new liquor policy.
"Earlier, the Health Minister of Delhi was targeted and now Manish Sisodia is being targeted. This is vindictive politics": Jasmine Shah (@Jasmine441), AAP spokesperson, on raids at #ManishSisodia's residence pic.twitter.com/o13xQljjcZ
- NDTV (@ndtv) August 19, 2022
मनीष सिसोदिया आज़ाद भारत के सबसे बेहतरीन शिक्षा मंत्री हैं। आज US के सबसे बड़े अख़बार NYT ने फ़्रंट पेज पर उनकी फ़ोटो छापी। और आज ही मोदी जी ने उनके घर CBI भेज दी। ऐसे भारत कैसे आगे बढ़ेगा?
- Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) August 19, 2022
CBI Raids Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish SisodiaOver 20 locations in Delhi and its adjoining areas, including the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, were searched this morning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
जिस दिन अमेरिका के सबसे बड़े अख़बार NYT के फ़्रंट पेज पर दिल्ली शिक्षा मॉडल की तारीफ़ और मनीष सिसोदिया की तस्वीर छपी, उसी दिन मनीष के घर केंद्र ने CBI भेजी
- Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 19, 2022
CBI का स्वागत है। पूरा cooperate करेंगे। पहले भी कई जाँच/रेड हुईं। कुछ नहीं निकला। अब भी कुछ नहीं निकलेगा https://t.co/oQXitimbYZ
