Hyderabad: After months of raids and booking cases, the sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed its first chargesheet in the Delhi liquor policy scam on 25 November.
The first chargesheet has named seven accused, including two government officials. However, what has surprised many is that it does not name AAP minister Manish Sisodia around whom the entire scam revolved.
The chargesheet has named three Hyderabadis— Boinpally Abhishek Rao, Arun Ramachandra Pillai, and M. Gautham, the MD of Andhra Prabha and India Ahead channel. The others named in the chargesheet are Vijay Nair and Sameer Mahendru, businessmen, and two then deputy commissioners of Delhi Excise department, Kuldeeo Singh and Narender Singh.
“The seven members have been booked under section 120(b) of the IPC read with sections 7 A and 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Further investigation is on. The seven are booked for conspiracy, cartelization, and larger conspiracy in the implementation and formulation of Excise policy of the government of Delhi,” a CBI spokesperson told NewsMeter.
What is the Delhi Liquor policy scam:
CBI registered a case on the 17th August, against Deputy Chief Minister, GNCTD of Delhi Manish Sisodia and others including then Commissioner (Excise), then Deputy Commissioner (Excise), related to alleged irregularities in framing & implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD, Delhi.
It was further alleged that irregularities were committed including in…
