Probe agencies have no evidence against Manish Sisodia, only fabricated stories, claims AAP leader
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) don’t have any evidence, only “fabricated and malicious” stories against former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, AAP leader Raghav Chadha claimed on Friday.
Manish Sisodia has been arrested by the ED as part of its ongoing probe into a money laundering case linked to the purported Delhi excise policy scam case. A Delhi court today extended the senior AAP leader’s custody by five days after the ED sought more time to investigate charges against him.
Speaking at a presser, Chadha accused the BJP of engaging in “politics of revenge” which he claimed was the reason behind Sisodia’s arrest. He also claimed that the CBI and the ED don’t have any evidence against the former Deputy CM, adding that the probe agencies only questioned Sisodia for 15 hours during seven days of remand.
Chadha claimed said the BJP was “scared” of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He claimed that the probe agencies only have “concocted stories” against Sisodia, and when the CBI couldn’t find anything against him during their interrogation, they asked the ED to “frame more false cases.”
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Raghav Chadha further alleged that central agencies only have “malicious and fabricated stories” against Sisodia but no evidence to back those up, adding that the only reason behind the interrogations by the ED and CBI to keep him in jail.
Manish Sisodia was arrested on March 9 by the ED while he was already lodged in Tihar jail in case against him by the CBI in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case.
A Delhi court today extended the former Deputy CM’s custody by five days after the ED sought more time for investigating the charges.
The ED told the court that some vital information had come up during custody and he had to be confronted with the other accused.
