CBI has registered an FIR against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in view of the violation of rules in the new excise policy. The FIR also names 14 other persons, including officials of the excise department and liquor companies, unidentified public servants and others. ,
Apart from Sisodia, the then Excise Commissioner Aarav Gopi Krishna, then Deputy Excise Commissioner Anand Kumar Tiwari, Assistant Excise Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar and 9 businessmen Vijay Nayar, Manoj Rai, Amardeep Dhal, Sameer Mahendru, Amit Arora, Dinesh Arora, Sunny Marwah , Arun Ramchandra Pillai, Arjun Pandey and MS Mahadev Liquors, Buddy Retail Private Limited are registered.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has filed a complaint with the CBI for alleged violation of rules and procedural lapses in the excise policy. investigation was recommended. Sisodia has said that he will fully cooperate in the investigation, so that the truth can come out.