CBI raids at Manish Sisodia’s home end after nearly 15 hours | Top points
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The CBI officials raided the home of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 30 other locations in a case on state's liquor policy.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided Manish Sisodia's home and 30 other locations in connection with alleged corruption in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy.
After nearly 15 hours of raids, CBI officials took several documents, data dump and electronic gadgets with them. The officials have also seized financial documents linked to Manish Sisodia from his residence.
The raids at the residence of the Delhi deputy CM, former excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and 29 other places took place after the CBI sleuts registered an FIR for alleged corruption and bribery formulation and execution of the liquor policy.
The probe agency's FIR claimed that a liquor trader paid Rs 1 crore in cash to Manish Sisodia's aide. If Manish Sisodia does not cooperate during the probe, the chances of Sisodia getting arrested are likely, sources told India Today.
1) On Friday morning, Manish Sisodia "welcomed" CBI officials as they searched his home and other premises across 30 other locations in the corruption case. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) cried foul and alleged that the raids came at the behest of orders "from above".
2) According to the CBI FIR accessed by India Today, at least two payments in crores were allegedly made to "close associates" of Sisodia by Sameer Mahendru, owner of Indospirits, who was one of the liquor traders actively involved in irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy.
3) The FIR, based on source information, also alleged Sisodia's "close associates" Amit Arora, director of Buddy Retail, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey were actively involved in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licensees for the accused public servants.
