New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday evening arrested Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22 after nearly eight hours of questioning as his answers were not satisfactory.
CBI arrests Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in connection with liquor policy case.
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According to Dynamite News correspondent Sisodia arrived at the CBI headquarters around 11 am for the second round of questioning.
The officials of the CBI's Anti-Corruption Branch grilled the minister on various aspects of the excise policy, his alleged link with Dinesh Arora and other accused mentioned in the FIR, and details of message exchanges from multiple phones among others.