CBI reached my office again, claims Manish Sisodia; probe agency says no raid

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Jan
14:
The
CBI
on
Saturday
conducted
searches
at
the
office
of
Delhi
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Manish
Sisodia
in
connection
with
alleged
irregularities
in
excise
policy.

Taking
to
Twitter,
Sisodia
claimed
the
agency
did
not
find
anything
against
him
during
previous
raids
and
this
time
too
it
will
be
the
same
as
he
has
done
nothing
wrong.

Delhi
government
sources
said
that
the
CBI
team
was
conducting
searches
at
Sisodia’s
office
at
Delhi
Secretariat.

‘You
have
to
face
consequences’:
Supreme
Court
to
Manish
Sisodia

”The
CBI
has
again
reached
my
office
today.
They
are
welcome.
They
conducted
raids
at
my
house,
searched
the
locker,
made
enquiries
against
me
at
my
village.
Nothing
was
found
then
and
nothing
will
be
found
now
because
I
have
done
nothing
wrong.
Have
worked
honestly
for
the
education
of
Delhi’s
children,” Sisodia
tweeted.

आज
फिर
CBI
मेरे
दफ़्तर
पहुँची
है.
उनका
स्वागत
है.
इन्होंने
मेरे
घर
पर
रेड
कराई,
दफ़्तर
में
छापा
मारा,
लॉकर
तलशे,
मेरे
गाँव
तक
में
छानबीन
करा
ली.मेरे
ख़िलाफ़
न
कुछ
मिला
हैं
न
मिलेगा
क्योंकि
मैंने
कुछ
ग़लत
किया
ही
नहीं
है.
ईमानदारी
से
दिल्ली
के
बच्चों
की
शिक्षा
के
लिए
काम
किया
है.

—
Manish
Sisodia
(@msisodia)

January
14,
2023

The
CBI
probe
into
the
alleged
excise
scam
was
recommended
last
year
by
Delhi
LG
VK
Saxena.

The
agency
registered
a
case
against
several
persons
including
Sisodia.
The
CBI
had
also
questioned
Sisodia
in
connection
with
the
case
for
several
hours
besides
conducting
raids
at
his
official
residence.

However,
CBI
said
that
a
team
of
officials
had
reached
his
office
to
collect
documents.

“CBI
is
not
conducting
any
searches
or
raids
on
Manish
Sisodia’s
premises.
He
was
asked
to
submit
documents
under
Section
91
of
the
CrPC
notice.
It
was
issued
for
the
submission
of
a
document.
A
CBI
team
visited
Sisodia’s
office
to
collect
the
required
documents,” CBI
said,
according
to

reports.

Story first published: Saturday, January 14, 2023, 17:26 [IST]