Excise policy manipulated to favour cartelisation of liquor trade: CBI
The CBI Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was manipulated to favour cartelisation and monopolisation in liquor trade in the national capital and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and businessman Vijay Nair were the main conspirators.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made the contention while opposing the bail plea of Sisodia who sought parity for him with other accused who have got the relief and claimed that the senior AAP leader was not in a position to influence the witnesses in the case or tamper with evidence.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju, representing the CBI, to explain to him the whole scam for his understanding.
ASG Raju said the accused wanted to make money but at the same time they wanted to show that they were transparent which they were not.
It was a fraud, a scam whereby money was to be made. But they wanted to show they are transparent. Manufacturer