New Delhi: Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi is being produced in court by CBI, a day after he was arrested in liquor policy case.
In a tweet posted by ANI news agency, Sisodia can be seen inside the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi amid huge media and police presence.
AAP calls for nationwide protest
Earlier on Monday, AAP staged nationwide protests against Sisodia's arrest.
"The great Education Minister Manish Sisodia, who has shaped the future of lakhs of children of the country, has been arrested in a fake case. Against this, the Aam Aadmi Party will protest across the country tomorrow," AAP's Sandeep Pathak said in a tweet.
Police personnel stationed in the capital
Delhi Police has stationed personnel at a number of locations in the national capital to maintain law and order. Police said in a statement that many Aam Aadmi Party members and supporters are anticipated to congregate today outside the CBI office.
In the process of implementing a new alcohol sale policy in the nation's capital, Manish Sisodia is accused of corruption. The CBI claims that liquor businesses were involved in the creation of the 2021 policy and that a liquor lobby it has called the "South Group" paid payments totalling 100 crore for that involvement.
