Guwahati: Former deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia who was placed in CBI custody will appear in court on Monday.
In a case involving suspected anomalies in the formulation and application of the excise policy of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), Manish Sisodia was arrested by the investigating agency.
He announced his resignation from his position as Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister following his detention on February 28.
Meanwhile, Sisodia’s CBI detention in the Delhi liquor scam case was prolonged by the Rouse Avenue Court on March 4. Manish Sisodia was given two additional days of detention to the CBI by Special Judge MK Nagpal.
The matter was scheduled for March 10 and the court sent notice to the CBI on Sisodia’s 51-year-old motion for bail.
While seeking further remand of Sisodia, CBI counsel had stated, “He’s still non-cooperative and we need his further custody to confront him with two persons.” “A lot of time went in his medicals. One whole day went in the petition he filed in the Supreme Court which was dismissed,” CBI had told the Court.
Manish Sisodia asserted in court during the hearing that CBI officials were looking out for him treating him with respect and providing him everything he needed without resorting to the third degree. “But they are making me sit so long 9-10 hours daily and asking the same questions again and again… it is not less not mental harassment,” he said.
Prior to sending Sisodia to CBI remand, Rouse Avenue Court ordered that the accused’s questioning during the remand period take place in a location with CCTV surveillance in accordance with the rules established by the Supreme Court and that the CBI keep a copy of the recorded footage.
The trial court noted that Sisodia had twice previously joined the investigation into this case but it was also noted that he had not given satisfactory responses to the majority of the questions posed to him during his examination and interrogation, and had not adequately justified the incriminating evidence that had allegedly come to light against him in the investigation so far. As a result, the trial court sent Sisodia to CBI remand.