CBI officer died by suicide as he was pressured to frame me: Manish Sisodia

In a shocking claim, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claimed on Monday that a CBI officer committed suicide after being pressured to frame the AAP leader in a false case. According to PTI, Sisodia also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why officers are under so much pressure.

“A CBI officer was pressured to frame me in a false case. He could not take the mental pressure and died by suicide… I want to ask the PM why officers are being pressured so much that they take such extreme steps,” Sisodia said at a press conference.

Jitendra Kumar, a CBI deputy legal advisor, allegedly committed suicide at his south Delhi residence last week, according to police.

According to a senior police official, at around 6.45 a.m. on Thursday, the Defence Colony police station received a call about a man found hanging, and a crime team, along with a forensic mobile team, responded to the scene.

The CBI raided Sisodia’s Delhi residence last month after filing a FIR to investigate alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy, which was released in November of last year.

Sisodia held the press conference shortly after the BJP released a sting video in response to the AAP government’s handling of the liquor case. BJP leader Sambit Patra also urged liquor dealers in Delhi not to be afraid and to record videos detailing how much commission they had to pay to Sisodia and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

“Now, there is no escape route for you, Manish Sisodia ji,” Sambit Patra said. “When Kejriwal ji came to power, he asked people to do sting operation against any corruption, this is exactly what happened. There has been a sting operation against Sting master Kejriwal ji,” Patra said.

“The modus operandi as revealed in the video is that 80 per cent profit will go to Kejriwal and Sisodia and their friend. First, you give us our 80 per cent commission and then sell the 20 per cent however you can, we don’t care. This has been the policy of Kejriwal,” Patra said, after playing the alleged sting video.

“Even if they were giving one bottle free with a liquor bottle, they were making profits. Consider how they were looting,” Patra said.

The sting video featured Kulvinder Marwah, the father of Sunny Marwah, the scam’s number 12 accused. “It’s an open and shut case because Marwah ji himself admits all of this in this video,” the BJP leader said, adding that Sisodia now has no way out.

Sisodia has denied the accusations.