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CBI gets 5 days custody of Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday got the five days custody of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. After eight hours of interrogation on Sunday, CBI arrested him.

On Monday CBI produced in Special CBI court at Rouse Avenue and sought his five days custody for effective interrogation to in the now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22 scam.

Special judge M K Nagpal passed the order on a plea of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and sent him five-day CBI custody.

There was a heavy security presence in and outside the Rouse Avenue Courts premises.

During an hour long hearing, Manish Sisodia's lawyer  said that it was the lieutenant governor who had approved the changes in the excise policy and that the central probe agency was going after the elected government.

Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, who represented Mr Sisodia, questioned if the inability to answer the CBI's questions can be a ground for remand. "Their case is that I did not confess. They expect me to answer the way they want. There cannot be self-incrimination," he said.

The counsel for the probe agency submitted that the arrested minister's custody was required for effective interrogation in the case.

The agency informed the court that further investigation is ongoing in the case.

 

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