In Delhi Liquor Policy Case Against Manish Sisodia, Accused Turns Witness - NDTV

New Delhi:

A businessman who is an accused successful the Delhi liquor argumentation lawsuit volition go the government's witnesser successful the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a metropolis tribunal today. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is besides an accused successful the case.

Businessman Dinesh Arora was granted bail by a Delhi tribunal past week and the CBI had not opposed it.

Today, the CBI filed a petition successful a metropolis tribunal saying Mr Arora would beryllium their witnesser successful the case. The CBI has said the businessman cooperated with investigators and gave cardinal information.

The Delhi authorities had travel retired with a caller argumentation for selling liquor successful the nationalist capital. The Lieutenant Governor red-flagged it implicit alleged corruption and told the CBI to look into it.

The Arvind Kejriwal authorities cancelled the caller argumentation and reverted to the aged one.

The Delhi Chief Minister has said the AAP authorities mislaid thousands of crores successful precious gross owed to the Lieutenant Governor's intervention, which happened earlier the caller argumentation could amusement results.

"The excise argumentation of AAP (Aam Aadmi Party government) was expected to make gross of Rs 4,000-Rs 5,000 crore but conscionable 2 days earlier its implementation the LG (Lieutenant Governor) made galore changes to it owed to which 300-400 shops could not beryllium opened. Their licence fees and gross did not come. This is the crushed down little revenue," Mr Kejriwal told reporters connected October 31.

The CBI probe into the liquor argumentation lawsuit started hardly a fewer months earlier the Gujarat assembly elections are to beryllium held.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that the centre, with the Lieutenant Governor moving arsenic a proxy, wants to harm the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) run successful Gujarat, the location authorities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.