Manish Sisodia: A Delhi court on Monday sent Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia into 5-day CBI custody. He was arrested for alleged corruption in Delhi’s new liquor excise policy on Sunday.

CBI produced Manish Sisodia in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court at 2 pm today and asked for 5 days of police remand, Court accepted the central Bureau of Investigation’s demand. Delhi’s deputy CM will be in CBI custody till 4th March. 

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He is the second minister of Delhi’s AAP government  who has been arrested by a central agency in less than a year. Manish Sisodia’s colleague and Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain was the first Aam Aadmi Party minister who was arrested by a central agency in May last year.

Mr. Sisodia who holds education and finance portfolios along with others facing corruption allegations in bringing a new liquor sale policy in Delhi. 

Last year, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena ordered a CBI probe into liquor excise policy cases.   

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