Sisodia raided, LG’s action on IAS officials: Ten points

New
Delhi,
Aug
20:
Lieutenant
Governor
of
Delhi
Vinai
Kumar
Saxena
ordered
the
transfer
of
12
IAS
officers
last
evening
following
the
raids
on
Delhi’s
deputy
chief
minister
Manish
Sisodia
in
connection
with
corruption
in
liquor
policy
case.

Not
afraid:
Manish
Sisodia
after
14-hour
CBI
raid

1. The
   bureaucratic
   reshuffle
   comes
   after
   the
   raids
   on
   Sisodia
   who
   also
   handled
   the
   excise
   department.
2. Sisodia
   is
   the
   main
   accused
   among
   the
   15
   names
   in
   the
   CBI’s
   FIR.
   The
   offences
   listed
   are
   corruption,
   criminal
   conspiracy
   and
   falsification
   of
   documents.
3. 31
   other
   locations
   were
   also
   searched
   by
   the
   CBI
   across
   seven
   states.
4. Following
   the
   raids,
   Sisodia
   said
   that
   his
   computer
   and
   phone
   were
   seized.
5. Licences
   were
   handed
   over
   to
   private
   players
   following
   the
   launch
   of
   the
   policy
   in
   November.
6. The
   policy
   was
   withdrawn
   on
   July
   30
   after
   a
   probe
   was
   initiated
   first
   by
   the
   Delhi
   Police’s
   Economic
   Offences
   Wing.
7. The
   CBI
   said
   that
   Sisodia
   introduced
   the
   policy
   on
   who
   would
   be
   allowed
   to
   sell
   liquor
   in
   Delhi
   and
   the
   same
   was
   announced
   without
   the
   permission
   of
   the
   1
   Lieutenant
   Governor,
   who
   is
   the
   centre’s
   representative
   in
   Delhi.
8. A
   company
   managed
   by
   an
   associate
   of
   Sisodia
   was
   paid
   Rs
   1
   crore
   the
   CBI
   alleged.
   The
   liquor
   companies
   and
   middlemen
   were
   actively
   involved
   in
   the
   irregularities
   in
   the
   framing
   and
   implementation
   of
   the
   excise
   police,
   the
   CBI
   also
   said.
9. The
   LG
   had
   recommended
   the
   CBI
   probe
   last
   month
   following
   a
   report
   from
   the
   Chief
   Secretary
   who
   alleged
   irregularities
   in
   the
   new
   policy.
10. The
    LG
    accused
    the
    Aam
    Aadmi
    Party
    government
    of
    bring
    in
    the
    new
    policy
    with
    the
    sole
    aim
    of
    benefitting
    private
    liquor
    barons
    for
    financial
    benefits.
    The
    AAP
    has
    however
    denied
    any
    wrongdoing