Journalism of Courage
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was arrested on Sunday in a case of alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped state excise policy. In this picture, Delhi Police personnel can be seen to escort him from Rajghat ahead of his questioning by CBI in the liquor policy case, in New Delhi, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo)
Before his arrest, Sisodia was questioned by the CBI for around eight hours regarding aspects of the excise policy, his alleged link with Dinesh Arora, other accused and details of message exchanges from multiple phones among others. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)
Before heading to the CBI office, he spent about 15 minutes at Rajghat along with MPs Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)
Outside the Rajghat, the Aam Aadmi Party workers had gathered to protest against BJP and the CBI. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)
AAP MLA Atishi Marlena was also present outside Rajghat. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)
In an emotional appeal to the party workers who had gathered outside Rajghat, he asked people to take care of his family and said that the case against him was false and fabricated. (Express Photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
A day after his arrest, AAP workers and supporters held nationwide protests against his arrest. This picture shows protesters being detained at Satyagrah Chavni, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Monday. (Express Photo by Nirmal Harindran)
On February 23 this year, the BJP workers had staged a protest outside AAP headquarters demanding the resignation of Manish Sisodia. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)
The Deputy CM is also being probed by the CBI in another case pertaining to the alleged creation of a 'feedback unit' to collect 'political intelligence' against the AAP's rivals. (Express Photo by Abhinav Saha)
The protests against Sisodia's arrest are currently underway in different parts of the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Odisha among other states. (Express Photo by Nirmal Harindran)
Sisodia has been sent to CBI custody till March 4. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
In picture, the Deputy Chief Minister is seen arriving for his hearing in Rouse Avenue court in the Liquor Policy case. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
