NEW DELHI: Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, will be interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday about the excise policy scandal. By 11 a.m., Sisodia will be ready to join the probe at its headquarters.

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister, said on Twitter that the summons was only a ploy to prevent Sisodia from coming from Gujarat, which is close to holding elections.

"Nothing from the Sisodia home was discovered. Nothing was discovered in his lockers either. This case is completely fictitious. Gujarat was required for Sisodia to campaign there. They want to detain him so he can't travel to Gujarat. However, our campaign will continue since all Gujaratis support us "Tweeted Kejriwal.

As soon as she received the summons, Sisodia also accused the CBI.  "They searched my home for 14 hours, but they found nothing. My locker was checked, but nothing was discovered there either. They visited my village but came away with nothing. I've just been called to join the probe, they said. I'll go to the CBI's main office to give my statement there. I'll arrive by 11 a.m. I'll help out"Sisodia had tweeted on Sunday.

He would probably be questioned by the CBI over the adjustments made to the excise policy.  "They can answer why they released Rs. 144.36 crore to the CBI. Why was a tender licence waiver also granted? "a source said.

Section 144 was implemented by the Delhi Police in front of Sisodia's home. In case the AAP employees staged a protest, a number of police officers were also positioned on Monday.

Sisodia is now the primary suspect in the FIR filed by the CBI. Sections 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) and 477-A (Falsification of Accounts) of the IPC are the subject of the FIR filed by the CBI. Sisodia is accused of giving liquor industry executives an exemption worth Rs 30 crore. The licence holders allegedly received extensions at their discretion. By breaking excise laws, the policy regulations were created.

It further claimed that Sisodia and a few other liquor barons actively managed and transferred the ill-gotten gains obtained from liquor licence holders to government employees, who are also charged in the case.

The FIR, says that Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, Arva Gopi Krishna, the then-commissioner (excise), Anand Tiwari, the then-deputy commissioner (excise), and Pankaj Bhatnagar, the assistant commissioner (excise), "were instrumental in recommending and taking decisions pertaining to excise policy for the year 2021–22 without approval of competent authority.

In this investigation, the CBI has so far made two arrests.

Abhishek Boinpally, a businessman from Hyderabad, was taken into custody by the CBI last Monday. His name came up as the investigation continued. He was invited to join the probe but refused to answer questions and allegedly tried to deceive the CBI. The source claimed that Boinpally was not mentioned in the FIR.

The first person the CIA detained was the businessman from Jor Bagh (Delhi), Vijay Nair. Following him, the accused associate of Nair's, Sameer Mahendru, was detained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

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