In a major development in the ongoing investigation in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 alleged money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Bharatiya Rashtriya Samiti (BRS) MLC and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's daughter for questioning on Thursday
Earlier, according to a notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs published on Tuesday, President Droupadi Murmu appointed both leaders as ministers in the Delhi cabinet on the advice of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, with effect from the date they are sworn in.
A day after Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai was arrested in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 case, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday said that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested those who did liquor business, made new policy and looted money.
Pillai was arrested late on Monday night following his day-long questioning by the ED officials in the case here in the national capital. The agency has so far arrested 11 persons in the case.
As per the Ministry of Home Affairs' notification, the President has accepted the resignations of Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain with immediate effect.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is questioning former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's close aide Devender Sharma in the excise policy case, said officials on Tuesday.
"While refraining from commenting on the merits of the case under investigation, let me submit that the arrest of Sisodia has lent further force to the argument about certain actions of the central investigation agencies," Pinarayi Vijayan said in the letter.
The jail officials told ANI said that Manish Sisodia has been kept in senior citizen's cell and is not sharing the cell with anyone at present. He is under CCTV surveillance.