Highlights
- A team of about five CBI officials reached the PNB branch at Sector 4 Vasundhara in Ghaziabad
- A huge chaos reigned outside the bank as curious crowds gathered to see the proceedings
- On August 19, the federal probe agency had raided 31 locations, including Sisodia's residence
Delhi liquor policy scam: Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday searched Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s locker in Ghaziabad.
A team of about five CBI officials reached the PNB branch at Sector 4 Vasundhara in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of the national capital, to execute the search, officials said.
Sisodia was at the bank with his wife.
Huge chaos reigned outside the bank as camera crews jostled with each other and curious crowds gathered to see what was happening.
Following the searches, Sisodia today said, "Nothing was found in my bank locker today just like nothing was found at my residence during the CBI raid."
"I am happy that I have got a clean chit. The CBI officials treated us well, and we also cooperated with them. Truth has won," the Delhi deputy chief minister said.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader is among the 15 people and entities named in an FIR registered by the agency in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi government’s Excise Policy 2021-22.
“The CBI is welcome,” Sisodia had said in a tweet on Monday.
"Tomorrow, the CBI is coming to check our bank locker. They did not find anything during a 14-hour-long raid at my residence on August 19. They won't find anything in the locker too. The CBI is welcome. My family and I will extend full cooperation in the probe," the deputy chief minister said in his tweet in Hindi.
On August 19, the federal probe agency raided 31 locations, including Sisodia's residence.
Sisodia has been saying he has been made an accused in a false case to stop the march of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has emerged as an alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
During a special session of the Delhi Assembly on Friday, the AAP leader had claimed that the BJP-led Centre is acting like a serial killer to eliminate state governments and described the CBI FIR against him as "fake" and based on "mere sources".
(With inputs from PTI)
