Delhi excise case: CBI got President’s approval before booking Manish Sisodia

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
21:
The
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation
had
secured
prior
mandatory
approval
of
the
President
of
India
before
booking
Delhi
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Manish
Sisodia
in
an
excise
policy
scam.

“The
CBI
had
secured
prior
mandatory
approval
of
the
President
of
India
before
filing
a
corruption
case
against
Manish
Sisodia
in
connection
with
alleged
irregularities
in
Delhi
government’s
excise
policy
2021-22,”
a
report
in
Hindustan
Times
said.

As
per
Section
17A
of
the
Prevention
of
Corruption
Act,
authorities
need
Presidential
assent
to
investigate
a
legislator
in
Union
Territories.
For
excise
officers,
the
Lieutenant
Governor’s
assent
is
required.

A
day
after
raids,
CBI
issues
summons
5
accused
in
Delhi
excise
policy
case

The
CBI
raided
Sisodia’s
residence
in
connection
with
an
alleged
scam
in
the
formulation
of
Delhi
excise
policy.

The
agency
on
Friday
carried
out
searches
at
31
places
which
included
premises
related
to
Sisodia
as
well
as
some
bureaucrats
and
businessmen.
The
AAP
condemned
the
raids
with
Delhi
Chief
Minister
Arvind
Kejriwal
claiming
the
agency
has
been
“asked
from
above”
to
harass
its
leaders.

The
BJP
asked
the
Delhi
government
to
come
out
clean
on
its
excise
policy.

The
CBI
FIR,
which
was
registered
before
a
special
court
on
Wednesday,
has
also
been
shared
with
the
Enforcement
Directorate,
a
financial
probe
agency,
which
will
look
into
the
allegations
of
money
laundering.

The
AAP
claimed
it
was
a
ploy
by
the
BJP
which
“fears”
Arvind
Kejriwal
and
the
2024
Lok
Sabha
polls
will
be
a
battle
between
the
AAP
chief
and
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi.

2024
polls
will
be
Modi
vs
Kejriwal
fight,
says
Sisodia
day
after
CBI
raids

After
its
stupendous
victory
in
Punjab,
the
AAP
has
been
working
on
its
national
expansion
plan.

The
AAP
has
kept
its
immediate
focus
on
the
BJP-ruled
Gujarat
and
Himachal
Pradesh
where
it
will
contest
all
seats
in
the
assembly
polls
due
later
this
year.

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