New Delhi (IANS) | A Delhi court on Friday reserved its order on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) supplementary charge sheet against former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and three others in the excise policy case. Besides Sisodia, the charge sheet also names Arjun Pandey, Buchi Babu Gorantla and Amandeep Dhal.
Special Judge M.K. Nagpal listed it for pronouncement of order on May 27.
More details are awaited.
The CBI, in its supplementary charge sheet, has alleged that Sisodia had procured some emails of his own accord through Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) chairman Zakir Khan to manipulate the process of seeking comments/suggestions regarding the liquor policy.
The probe agency has claimed that Sisodia was not happy with the recommendations of the expert committee report submitted by former Excise Commissioner Ravi Dhawan on October 13, 2020 and has asked new Excise Commissioner Rahul Singh to initiate the Excise Department to invite comments from the general public and stakeholders. Instructed to put the report on the portal.
The CBI has alleged that Sisodia destroyed the draft cabinet note prepared by the Excise Department which was placed before the Council of Ministers in its meeting held on January 28, 2021.
In the draft cabinet note, former Chief Justices of India Ranjan Gogoi and K.G. Besides Balakrishnan, legal opinion of former Attorney General and senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi and others was also incorporated.
–IANS
