Manish Sisodia Moves Supreme Court Challenging Arrest By CBI In Delhi Liquor Policy Case

The plea is likely to be mentioned in SC today seeking an urgent hearing.

Manish Sisodia to move Supreme Court over his arrest by CBI in Delhi excise policy case

Source : PTI

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia has moved the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Delhi liquor policy case, reported news agency ANI. The plea is likely to be mentioned in SC today seeking an urgent hearing, it added. 

Sisodia was arrested by the federal probe agency on Sunday for alleged corruption in the Delhi liquor policy case after being interrogated for nearly eight hours about various aspects of the excise policy that was scrapped for 2021-2022.

The investigation agency claimed that the policy had irregularities both in its formulation and implementation, allegedly intended to benefit people who have ties to the AAP. 

Delhi Excise policy case | Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia moves Supreme Court challenging his arrest, plea likely to be mentioned in SC today seeking urgent hearing on his plea.

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On Monday, he was produced in a special court which sentenced him to five days in the custody of CBI. The court has ordered that Sisodia will be held by the CBI until March 4 for questioning.  

The defense team for Sisodia asked whether the arrest was made with an "ulterior motive" and stated that the case is an assault on both the individual and the institution.

They claimed that the Delhi lieutenant governor had approved the changes to the excise policy and that the central probe agency was going after the elected government, arguing that there was no evidence against Sisodia and opposing the CBI's request for his remand. 

After hearing arguments from both sides during the hearing, which lasted for more than an hour, special judge M K Nagpal granted the CBI's request for Sisodia to be interrogated in a custodial setting. He reserved the order for some time.