‘Jail locks will be broken, Manish Sisodia will walk free,’ his private secy Davender Sharma
Responding to the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in connection with the excise policy case, his private secretary Davender Sharma, who was also questioned earlier, condemned the arrest and said, “locks of the jail will be broken and Manish Sisodia will walk free.”
He also tweeted a poster depicting Manish Sisodia holding a shield which blocks all arrows aimed at him.
In November, the Enforcement Directorate questioned Sharman for 10 hours.
The CBI 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 not found satisfactory.
The officials of the Anti-Corruption Branch of the CBI grilled the minister on various aspects of the Excise policy, his alleged link with Dinesh Arora and other accused in the FIR, and details of message exchanges from multiple phones among others. The CBI investigators were reportedly not satisfied with the responses provided by Sisodia and alleged that he was not cooperating in the investigation and avoiding clarifications on crucial points sought by them resulting in his arrest.
Meanwhile, AAP termed the arrest as a “black day for democracy” stating that the BJP has made this arrest due to political rivalry.
“Black day for democracy! BJP’s CBI arrested the world’s best education minister Manish Sisodia in a fake case, who is shaping the future of lakhs of children. The BJP has made this arrest due to political rivalry,” the party said in a tweet.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh directly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the arrest and said that it is the height of dictatorship by the BJP government.
“Manish Sisodia’s arrest is the height of dictatorship. Modi ji, you have not done right by arresting a good person and the best education minister, even God will not forgive you. One day your dictatorship will definitely end Modi ji,” Singh said in a tweet.
The CBI launched a probe in the matter on the basis of a report forwarded by the Delhi chief secretary to L-G Saxena recommending a probe by the central agency.
