Excise scam: Manish Sisodia moves Delhi court for bail

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

10/10:'Sisodia's arrest is dirty politics'

<p>Arvind Kejriwal said the arrest of Manish Sisodia by the CBI is dirty politics and asserted that he was innocent. <br /></p>PTI

​What makes Manish Sisodia so important?

The CBI had on Sunday evening arrested Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped liquor policy for 2021-22 after nearly eight hours of questioning during which his answers were allegedly not found satisfactory.

1/10:Manish Sisodia appears before CBI, says not afraid of jail

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2/10:Second round of questioning

<p>Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Sunday appeared before the CBI for second round of questioning in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case. Earlier, he was questioned on October 17, 2022.<br /></p>PTI

3/10:Visit to Rajghat

<p>Sisodia who has been accused in the CBI FIR, paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat before arriving at the heavily-barricaded CBI office. </p>ANI

4/10:'Take care of my family'

<p>Addressing party workers, Sisodia request supporters not to 'leave' his family alone. "I want to request you all not to leave my mother and wife alone."<br /></p>PTI

5/10:Conspiracy charge

<p>Sisodia alleged that conspiracies are being hatched by the CBI and ED and false cases being lodged against AAP leaders.</p>PTI

6/10:'Modi only fears Kejriwal'

<p>Why are they sending me to jail? They also know we have not done anything wrong. Modi doesn't fear Rahul Gandhi, he only fears Kejriwal and AAP. As party grows, there will be more cases, claimed Sisodia. </p>PTI

7/10:'Jail a minor thing'

<p>I am a follower of Bhagat Singh who was hanged for the country. It is a minor thing to go to jail because of such false allegations, said Sisodia.<br /></p>PTI

8/10:Message for Kejriwal

<p>Arvind Kejriwal has given me a lot of love and respect. It may happen that I have to stay in jail for 8-10 month, but you (Kejriwal) continue serving the nation, said Sisodia.</p>TNN

9/10:AAP protests

<p>Meanwhile, AAP leaders protested after as Sisodia appeared before the CBI office.<br /><br /></p>PTI

10/10:MP Sanjay Singh detained

<p>MP Sanjay Singh and other party leaders were detained by Delhi Police for protesting outside CBI office. <br /></p>PTI

Manish Sisodia appears before CBI, says not afraid of jail

(With PTI inputs)