NEW DELHI: Delhi's former deputy chief minster Manish Sisodia, arrested in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam, moved a city court on Friday seeking bail, his lawyer said. The application is likely to come up for hearing before Special Judge M K Nagpal on Saturday, advocate Rishikesh said.
Sisodia, who was sent to CBI custody on Monday, is scheduled to be produced before the court tomorrow when his CBI remand ends.
1/10:What makes Manish Sisodia so important?
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2/10:18 departments under Manish Sisodia
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Action against Sisodia will jeopardise the functioning of the government as he handles 18 most important portfolios, including home, finance, education, and health.</p>PTI
3/10:Sisodia, Kejriwal’s most trusted aide
<p>Arvind Kejriwal’s most trusted aide, Sisodia has kept the chief minister free to expand the party’s footprints nationally.<br /></p>PTI
4/10:Supervises other departments
<p>Sisodia supervises other departments that have not been allotted to any other minister.<br /></p>PTI
5/10:Sisodia has been Kejriwal’s fellow traveller
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">After Sisodia’s arrest, not only important welfare schemes in Delhi will suffer a setback, it will be a huge blow to the party’s expansion plans.</p>PTI
6/10:Key projects may be halted
<p>He was also overseeing all schemes related to the Rozgar budget. The entire plan to redevelop retail and wholesale markets was being closely monitored by him.<br /></p>PTI
7/10:Delhi Police personnel escort Sisodia
<p>The CBI on Sunday evening arrested Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case after eight hours of grilling.<br /></p>PTI
8/10:CBI was not satisfied with Sisodia's responses
<p>According to officials, the answers provided by Sisodia were unsatisfactory during the interrogation.</p>PTI
9/10:'Custodial interrogation was necessary'
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.13923px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The CBI officials said it was felt that custodial interrogation was necessary to put Sisodia through intense questioning.</p>TNN & Agencies
