The Delhi prisons branch these days trashed the Aam Aadmi Party`s (AAP) allegation of a plot to homicide its senior chief Manish Sisodia in Tihar prison. Mr Sisodia, AAP’s Number 2 and Delhi’s former Deputy Chief Minister, is in judicial custody after he become arrested remaining month withinside the liquor coverage case. His bail petition might be taken up on Friday.
The prisons branch stated in a declaration that Mr Sisodia “has been assigned to a segregated ward preserving his safety in mind”. “The ward of CJ-1, wherein he’s lodged has minimal variety of inmates who aren’t gangsters and are retaining proper behavior withinside the prison,” the prisons branch stated, responding to AAP’s allegation that Mr Sisodia has been lodged with risky and violent prisoners.
“A separate mobileular makes it feasible for him to meditate or do such different sports with none disturbance. All the arrangements, as in line with Jail Rules, are in region to make certain his protection and safety. Any aspersions forged approximately his accommodations is unfounded,” the branch added. The prisons branch’s respond got here after AAP leaders alleged that Mr Sisodia has been lodged with the country’s maximum risky criminals “who face dozens of homicide instances and may kill anyone”.
AAP’s spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj, who’s set to be sworn in as minister tomorrow, wondered if that is the form of political contention the BJP believes in. “You couldn’t defeat us in Delhi. You couldn’t defeat us in MCD polls. Despite all of your conspiracies, our applicants had been elected to the mayor and deputy mayor posts. The silence of the Prime Minister in this problem is for everybody to see,” he stated.
“We are actually concerned if the centre might additionally engineer political homicide?” he wondered. The allegations had been repeated through senior AAP chief and MP Sanjay Singh. He reiterated that the AAP is concerned that Mr Sisodia “can be murdered in prison”.
“(Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji, what’s your enmity with Mr Sisodia, why a lot hate? When the courtroom docket has allowed him to live in a meditation prison, then why is the order now no longer being followed?” he asked. Sending Mr Sisodia to judicial custody for 14 days, a unique courtroom docket on Monday directed prison government to do not forget his request of preserving him withinside the meditation mobileular.
The senior AAP chief, who additionally held Delhi’s excise portfolio, faces allegations of corruption withinside the liquor coverage that become scrapped after Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena endorsed a CBI probe.
The Arvind Kejriwal authorities become accused of bending policies and offering undue blessings to liquor vend licensees. The Delhi authorities has rubbished the allegations, announcing that the BJP become misusing investigating corporations for political motives.
