NEW DELHI: AAP top brass Arvind Kejriwal who was called by the CBI in connection to liquor policy scam was grilled for nine hours on Sunday.
He was questioned as a witness in the case which investigators said involved corruption in framing the policy to benefit a liquor lobby.
He hasn’t been summoned for further questioning by the central agency so far. On the other hand, Manish Sisodia, who held the excise portfolio was arrested last month in the same case and has been repeatedly been denied bail.
In the meanwhile, his party members had called an emergency meeting of senior leaders this evening amid concerns that he could be arrested.
AAP leaders including Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh were detained by the Delhi Police for protesting near the CBI’s office near central Delhi’s Lodhi Road today.
“BJP suffers from Kejriwal phobia. It is because of Kejriwal’s fear that the BJP has come down to such an act. It is a cowardly act. We are not scared of jail,” Mr Chadha said.
The excise policy was cleared by the Delhi government after an inquiry was ordered by the then Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. The clearance came after it had been deferred twice, which prompted the federal agency to launch a probe.
The Delhi government scrapped the new liquor policy in July 2022, less than a year after it was introduced, and reverted to the old policy.