Excise policy case | Manish Sisodia appears before CBI for questioning, says allegations false, not afraid of going to jail

At least 50 AAP leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh have been detained while protesting against the questioning near the CBI headquarters, a senior police officer confirmed

The CBI on Sunday began its second round of questioning of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case.

Mr. Sisodia arrived at the heavily-barricaded CBI office after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat, officials said. 

Ahead of his questioning, the Deputy Chief Minister told reporters that he was not afraid of going to jail.

““I can go to jail a number of times and I am not afraid. When I left my job as a journalist, my wife supported me and even today, my family is standing by my side. My workers will take care of my family if I get arrested,” he said.

“I am going to CBI again today, I will cooperate fully in all investigations. The love of lakhs of children and the blessings of millions of countrymen are with me. I don’t care if I have to be in jail for a few months. I’m a follower of Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh went to the gallows for the country. To go to jail over such false accusations is a small thing,” the senior AAP leader said in a tweet in Hindi.

Mr. Sisodia, accused number one in the CBI FIR, was earlier questioned on October 17, a month before the agency filed its charge sheet on November 25 last year.

The CBI had not named Mr. Sisodia in the charge sheet as the central probe agency kept the probe open against him and other suspects and accused, they said.