New Delhi: Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Sunday alleged that former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is facing mental torture to sign a false confession.
Talking to media, Singh said, “We are going to make a disclosure. For the last six days, Manish Sisodia has been taken on CBI remand. We have got information that Manish Sisodia ji is being mentally tortured so that he would sign a false confession.”
He further claimed that Sisodia indicated about the alleged mental torture to his lawyer during a meeting yesterday.
“It is unfortunate for a person who worked for poor children, whose work is being by the world, if the American President’s wife comes to India, she wants to see the schools built by Manish Sisodia — that Mr Sisodia is being mentally tortured by the CBI. He is being mentally harassed. He is being told that we are giving you all the allegations in writing, you sign it,” added Sanjay Singh.
Earlier on Saturday, a Delhi court on March 4 extended the CBI custody of Manish Sisodia for another two days. Sisodia was arrested on February 26 due to his alleged involvement in the excise policy scam.
Modi जी द्वारा उत्पीड़न इस क़दर बढ़ गया है-
जिस @msisodia के शिक्षा मॉडल की चर्चा दुनिया भर में होती है
मोदी जी की CBI कागज़ पर आरोप लिखकर ज़बरदस्ती Sign करवाने के लिए उनका मानसिक उत्पीड़न कर रही है
ये बात Manish जी और उनके वकील ने कोर्ट में कही है
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— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) March 5, 2023
Earlier in the day, as many as nine opposition parties coming along to write a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
The letter stated that former Cabinet Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia was arrested “after a long witch-hunt” alleging that there are not “a shred of evidence against him.”
They further added that Sisodia’s arrest would be cited worldwide as an example of political witch-hunt, which confirms that “India’s democratic values stand threatened under an authoritarian BJP regime”.
In the letter, they claimed that there were a maximum number of raids, arrests and interroation against the Opposition leaders while highlighting that the agencies go slow over those accused members who join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) later.
