CBI, ED Torturing People To Testify Against Me, Sisodia: Kejriwal Ahead Of CBI Questioning

"CBI, ED filed false affidavits in excise policy case in court; they're torturing people to testify against Manish Sisodia and me," Kejriwal said in a press conference today. 

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addresses media

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the CBI and ED are torturing people to take his and Manish Sisodia's name in the Delhi liquor policy scam case. "CBI, ED filed false affidavits in excise policy case in court; they're torturing people to testify against Manish Sisodia and me," he said in a press conference today.

An hour ahead of the press conference, the Bharatiya Janata Party trained guns against the Delhi CM asking what was his relation with liquor contractors and why he was in touch with the accused in the case.

BJP national spokesperson in a press conference said, "The moment Arvind Kejriwal was summoned by the CBI, he started trembling with fear. Arvind Kejriwal is the kingpin of the liquor scam, the investigation so far shows this."

The Delhi Chief Minister has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the now-scrapped liquor policy case on April 16. He has been summoned by the federal probe agency at its headquarters on Sunday at 11 am.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has already been arrested in the case by the CBI. He was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam.

The Delhi Lieutenant Governor had asked the CBI to probe alleged irregularities after the excise policy 2021-22 was withdrawn in August last year.

The CBI has alleged that the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licenses to liquor traders favored certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, an accusation strongly refuted by the AAP. The policy was later scrapped.

On Friday, Kejriwal accused the ED of ‘misleading’ the court with false evidence in the excise policy case while replying to the agency's charge that Sisodia destroyed his mobile phones.

"The ED is taking false statements by torturing people and pressuring them. Even in the case of Sanjay Singh, it has come to the fore that the accused gave a different statement and the ED has written something else in the charge sheet," PTI quoted Kejriwal as saying.