Manish Sisodia was last person with access to ‘missing file’: CBI to HC

Raju said, “One cabinet committee note went missing which contained opinions of three legal luminaries…it went missing probably because it contained some noting which was not palatable. Our case is that the note was destroyed or it was made to disappear. We have evidence to show that he was the last person who was handed over this file…there would have been important notings in that file which has not seen the light of the day because it was incriminating…It was in his possession when it was last handed to him, he took it to the cabinet meeting.” Regarding “conspiracy” in the scrapped excise policy, Raju said that the “main players were Vijay Nair, Manish Sisodia and other unknown AAP persons”.

He argued that there was a “criminal conspiracy to frame the policy in such a manner that the commission to be paid to wholesalers is abnormally high because the persons who have paid the bribe have to get the bribe back or have to earn more money”.

Calling it a “malafide policy with ulterior motives” which constituted an offence, Raju said, “We have evidence to show that there was a meeting with the South group in Hyderabad and Delhi just before the policy was being made…Policy was made not with the intention that the public gets liquor at a lesser price; it was made with the intention that the wholesaler gets 12%commission, which is abnormally high…One should ask then that this jump from 5% to 12% is made for what reason? It was for the purposes of returning the kickbacks…”.

Raju further said, “The apprehension is if he gets bail he will influence the witnesses.”

The matter is listed on Thursday.