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A Delhi court on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in an excise policy-related corruption case, refusing to take cognisance of the CBI chargesheet. Special Judge Jitendra Singh said that the chargesheet had several lacunae not supported by evidence, as he discharged 21 more besides the two Aam Aadmi Party leaders in the matter. The CBI has been probing alleged corruption in the formulation and execution of the erstwhile-AAP government's now-scrapped excise policy. "I am not corrupt. The court has said that Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are honest," he said, and broke into tears. Excise case was biggest political conspiracy in history of Independent India, he added.
VIDEO | AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) breaks down as he addresses media after appearing before Rouse Avenue Court over the Delhi Excise Policy case. He says, "For the past few years, the way BJP has been accusing us in the Delhi excise policy case, today… pic.twitter.com/jtREb0JyVi
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Kejriwal and Sisodia were arrested while they were chief minister and deputy chief minister, respectively, of Delhi.A Delhi court in January acquitted former Kejriwal in two cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over allegations of skipping the federal agency’s summonses during its probe into the Delhi excise policy case. The CBI filed its first chargesheet in 2022, followed by multiple supplementary chargesheets. The agency has alleged that Rs100 crore was paid by a "south lobby" to influence the now-scrapped excise policy in its favour. In total, 23 accused were chargesheeted.
