Delhi excise policy case | CBI files supplementary chargesheet against Manish Sisodia, says agency official
The Hindu
The CBI filed supplementary chargesheet against former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Amandeep Singh Dhall, Arjun Pandey and Butchi Babu Gorantla in the Delhi excise policy case, an agency official said
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed supplementary chargesheet against former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Amandeep Singh Dhall, Arjun Pandey and Butchi Babu Gorantla in the Delhi excise policy case, a CBI official said on Tuesday (April 25).
On March 9, the Enforcement Directorate had arrested Mr. Sisodia on money-laundering charge. Earlier, the CBI arrested him on February 26 for alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped policy.
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On August 17, 2022, the CBI had registered a case against Mr. Sisodia and 14 others on a reference from the Union Home Ministry. It was alleged that the excise policy had been modified to extend undue favours to the beneficiary licence holders; licence fee was waived or reduced; and L-1 (wholesaler) licence was extended without the competent authority’s approval.
As alleged, the then Aam Aadmi Party communication and media in-charge Vijay Nair, on behalf of AAP leaders, received ₹100 crore as “kickbacks” in advance from a “South Group” whose prominent entities were YSRCP MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, TRS MLC K. Kavitha and Aurobindo Pharma director P. Sarath Chandra Reddy.
The group partners were allegedly given 65% stakes in Mahandru’s Indo Spirits for the recovery of payments. The stakes were controlled through “false representation, concealment of true ownership and proxies”.
According to the CBI’s first chargesheet, the wholesale distribution of Pernod Ricard and Diageo was to go to Indo Spirits and Brindco Spirits, respectively. After getting the money back, the 6% kickbacks received from wholesalers was to be shared equally between Mr. Nair and Hyderabad-businessman Abhishek Boinpally.
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