Manish Sisodia arrest LIVE: CBI gets 5-day remand of Delhi deputy CM

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia will remain in CBI custody till March 4 as the Rouse Avenue Court has granted 5-day remand to the central agency which is probing the Delhi liquor policy case. 

Centre got Deputy CM Manish Sisodia arrested to divert public attention from outrage over Adani issue, says AAP MP Sanjay Singh. 

Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan opposes CBI's remand application, says "íf someone is not willing to say something, that can't be a ground for arrest".

The special CBI court has reserved its verdict over the central agency's plea for 5-day remand of Manish Sisodia. The court will pronouce its order shortly.

There were suggestions given by L-G. Those were incorporated in policy before it came into force. It required discussions and deliberations. When there are discussions and deliberations, there is no room for conspiracy, says senior advocate Mohit Mathur on behalf of Manish Sisodia

Opposing CBI's 5-day remand plea, Manish Sisodia's lawyers argue in the court that the new liquor policy was approved by the then Delhi L-G. CBI's counsel says, "conspiracy was hatched in a very planned and secret manner"

The CBI has sought 5-day remand of Manish Sisodia, who was arrested by the central agency in liqour policy case. The CBI told the court that Sisodia was not co-operating in investigations.

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has been produced before special CBI court at Rouse Avenue, Delhi. Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on Sunday in liquor policy case.

Manish Sisodia produced before CBI court.

Advocates Mohit Mathur and Siddharth Aggarwal arrive on behalf of Manish Sisodia in the court of CBI Special Judge MK Nagpal at Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court.

Several Aam Aadmi Party workers have reportedly been detained by Delhi Police as they protested against Manish Sisodia's arrest by the CBI. Delhi's deputy CM will be produced at the Rouse Avenue court shortly. According to sources, the CBI, which is probing the Delhi liquor policy case, is likely to seek Sisodia's custody.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers are holding protest in Bhopal and Chandigarh against Manish Sisodia's arrest. In Delhi, the police have closed traffic on DDU Marg, where offices of both AAP and BJP are situated.  Heavy security aarrangements are put in place. 

We are making arrangements to ensure that no law & order situation arises, says Dependra Pathak, Special CP (L&O) on AAP protest outside BJP HQ, near Rouse Avenue Court, where Manish Sisodia will be produced shortly. 

The legal team of Cental Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is holding a meeting at the agency's headquarters to chalk out strategy before Manish Sisodia is produced in court. 

According to CBI sources, Manish Sisodia is likely to be produced at the Rouse Avenue court after 2 PM.

I am told that most CBI officers were against Manish’s arrest. All of them have huge respect for him and there is no evidence against him. But the political pressure to arrest him was so high that they had to obey their political masters, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Arrest of Manish Sisodia, BJP's friendship with Adani -this can't be tolerated. Even if they (BJP) arrest all our ministers our govt will continue to run. This dual policy of BJP will not work: Delhi minister Gopal Rai

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, who were detained on Sunday while protesting near CGO Complex, have been released. MP Sanjay Singh, who among those detained, said Manish Sisodia has been wrongfully arrested as part of a 'conspiracy'.

AAP called for a protest against the arrest of Sisodia by the CBI in an excise policy case. As per reports, the traffic in Delhi will be affected as security was beefed up. A senior police officer informed that heavy security arrangements have been made on the stretch - Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg - in central Delhi.

Heavy security forces were deployed outside BJP and AAP offices in the wake of AAP's threat to launch a massive protest.

Heavy security arrangements have been made on DDU Marg -- in central Delhi where both the BJP and the AAP headquarters are located. The AAP has called for a protest outside BJP office against Manish Sisodia's arrest.

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is likely to be produced before the Rouse Avenue court via video conferencing in the wake of law and order scenario, CBI sources said.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari has said that though Manish Sisodia has been arrested in the liquor policy case, the 'mastermind' of the case is yet to be nabbed.

Delhi Congress chief Anil Choudhary termed Manish Sisodia's arrest a welcome step and alleged AAP "used power to accumulate wealth".

AAP MP Sanjay Singh said Sisodia's arrest is the "height of dictatorship". "You have arrested a good person and best education minister which is not the right thing, Modi ji. God will not forgive you. One day, your dictatorship will definitely end, Modi ji," Singh said in a tweet in Hindi.

The Delhi government headed by CM Arvind Kejriwal  is staring at a possible crisis with the CBI arresting Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who holds as many as 18 of the total 33 departments, including education, finance and home. Sources in the Aam Aadmi Party said Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot may present the Delhi government budget for the next financial year in the absence of Sisodia.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has termed the arrest of Deputy CM Manish Sisodia as 'dirty politics' and said that he is innocent.| READ MORE

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has planned massive protests across the country, including outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Delhi against Manish Sisodia's arrest. 

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia will be produced before the Rouse Avenue court today. Sisodia spent the night at CBI headquarters after the central agency arrested him late on Sunday  following of hours of questing in Delhi liquor policy case.