Kejriwal too will meet same fate as Sisodia, Jain, says BJP MP Manoj Tiwari

Reacting to Delhi former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodias arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with alleged irregularities in the nowscrapped liquor policy BJP MP Manoj Tiwari asserted that Delhi Chief Minister would also meet the same fateI can clearly foresee that in future Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would meet the same fate as jailed ministers Sisodia and Satyendar Jain You can cheat a human being but you cant cheat God The way Delhis treasury has been looted I dont think any criminal or corrupt person will be able to escape Manoj Tiwari saidDays after the arrest made by the Central Bureau of Investigation the Enforcement Directorate ED on Thursday arrested Sisodia in the liquor policy case after hours of questioning at Tihar JailThe ED began questioning the senior AAP leader and one of the partys founding members days after it recorded his statement on TuesdaySisodia was arrested by the CBI in the liquor policy case on February 26 and was sent to 14day judicial custody on March 6The ED also made another arrest in the case earlier as it took Hyderabadbased businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai into its custodyAlso Read Arvind Kejriwal refers to Manish Sisodia as mythological character Prahlad says he cant be stoppedThe ED on Thursday summoned Bharatiya Rashtriya Samiti BRS MLC and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Raos daughter K Kavitha for questioning in the liquor policy caseSisodia was arrested by the CBI earlier in its ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the National Capital Territory of Delhi GNCTD Delhis Rouse Avenue Court sent him to Judicial Custody till March 20ED last year filed its first chargesheet in the case The agency said it has so far undertaken nearly 200 search operations in this case after an FIR was filed taking cognisance of the CBI case registered on the recommendation of Delhis Lieutenant Governor VK SaxenaThe CBI inquiry was recommended on the findings of the Delhi chief secretarys report filed in July showing prima facie violations of the GNCTD Act 1991 Transaction of Business Rules ToBR1993 Delhi Excise Act2009 and Delhi Excise Rules2010 officials had saidIn October the ED had raided nearly three dozen locations in Delhi and Punjab following the arrest of Sameer Mahendru managing director of Delhis Jor Baghbased liquor distributor Indospirit Group in the case and arrested him laterThe CBI filed its first charge sheet in the case earlierThe ED and the CBI had alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Excise Policy and undue favours were extended to licence holders It was further alleged that the licence fee was waived or reduced and the L1 licence was extended without the competent authoritys approval The beneficiaries diverted illegal gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detectionFurther it was alleged that the Excise department had decided to refund the Earnest Money Deposit of about Rs 30 crore to a successful tenderer against the set rules Even though there was no enabling provision a waiver on tendered licence fees was allowed from December 28 2021 to January 27 2022 due to Covid19 it was alleged furtherThis allegedly caused a loss of Rs 14436 crore to the exchequer the agencies claimedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever