ACB interrogates Sisodia, may summonhim again
NEW DELHI, June 21 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was questioned for nearly three and a half hours by the Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Friday in connection with alleged financial and procedural irregularities in the construction of classrooms during his tenure as education minister.
Sisodia appeared "evasive" and uncooperative and may be summoned again, four ACB officials familiar with the case said.
One of the officials cited above said that Sisodia was asked 36 key questions related to procedural lapses, cost escalations, and suspected financial misconduct in the school infrastructure expansion project. "He gave direct responses to barely five of the questions. His answers to the rest were vague or deflective," said one official, who asked not to be named.
The official added that Sisodia attempted to distance himself from key decisions by shifting responsibility to the Delhi cabinet. When asked about the 2020 report by the Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) Chief Technical Examiner (CTE), which flagged serious lapses in the project, Sisodia reportedly said he had only forwarded the file to the vigilance department. htc...
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