Home Ministry sanctions prosecution of Manish Sisodia in 'collection of political intelligence' case
The Hindu
The sanction to prosecute the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister was granted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
The Union Home Ministry has granted the prosecution sanction to the CBI against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a case of alleged collection of "political intelligence" through a feedback unit (FBU) set up to check corruption.
In a communication to the principal secretary to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, the Home Ministry said the sanction to prosecute Mr. Sisodia was granted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
Early this month, the CBI had said it found in its preliminary inquiry that the FBU set up by the Delhi government to check corruption allegedly collected "political intelligence" and the agency recommended that an FIR be registered against Mr. Sisodia.
The Aam Aadmi Party dispensation had proposed setting up the FBU in 2015 to gather relevant information and actionable feedback regarding the working of the various departments and autonomous bodies, institutions and entities falling under the jurisdiction of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and also to do "trap cases", the CBI said.
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The unit started functioning in 2016 with a provision of ₹1 crore for secret service expenditure, it said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal moved the proposal in a Cabinet meeting in 2015, but no agenda note was circulated. No sanction from the Lt. Governor was taken for appointments in the FBU, it claimed.
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