17 March,2023 08:07 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia at the CBI office, in New Delhi. File pic/AFP
The CBI has registered an FIR against former deputy chief minister of Manish Sisodia and others in connection with the Delhi Government's Feedback Unit (FBU), which was allegedly doing political snooping, officers said on Thursday. Sisodia was earlier arrested by the CBI in the Delhi excise policy case and is behind bars in an Enforcement Directorate case.
The CBI said that Kejriwal moved a proposal to set up FBU in a Cabinet meeting in 2015, but no agenda note was circulated. No sanction from the Lt Governor was taken for appointments. The unit started functioning in 2016 with a provision of R1 crore for secret service expenditure, it claimed. The unit was formed to gather relevant information and actionable feedback regarding the working of the various bodies under the jurisdiction of the Delhi Government and to do "trap cases" to check corruption, the FIR alleged.
"The Feedback Unit, in addition to collecting the mandated information, also collected political intelligence/intelligence qua miscellaneous issues," the CBI said in its preliminary enquiry report. "PM's plan is to slap several false cases against Manish and keep him in custody for a long period. Sad for the country!" Kejriwal tweeted.
ALSO READ
Mid-Day Top News: Maharashtra assembly polls likely only after Diwali and more
Congress: Centre insensitive to statehood restoration demand, will be poll issue
Raut defends Uddhav's push for decision on CM's face from MVA allies
Yunus accuses Sheikh Hasina of destroying Bangladesh's institutions
Harris scared to do an interview on her own: Donald Trump's election campaign
Among others booked are 1992-batch IRS officer Sukesh Kumar Jain who was then secretary of vigilance, retired CISF DIG Rakesh Kumar Sinha who was working as special adviser to Kejriwal and joint director in FBU, FBU deputy director Pradeep Kumar' Punj, FBU feedback officer Satish Khetrapal and Gopal Mohan, adviser (anti-corruption) to Kejriwal.
This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
