Reacting to the incident, Manish Sisodiya who is contesting the elections from Patparhganj constituency said that CBI should punish the official severely.
New Delhi| Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodiya has been arrested by the CBI official in a case related to alleged bribery of Rs 2 Lakh. The OSD arrested is said to be Gopal Krishna Madhav.
In a late-night operation, the CBI honchos arrested Madhav for allegedly receiving bribe amounting to Rs 2 Lakh to settle a matter related to GST.
After the arrest, he was taken to CBI headquarters for the interrogation. The officials said that he was posted in Manish Sisodiya’s office in 2015. the arrest came 2 days before the crucial Delhi Assembly Elections.
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Reacting to the incident, Sisodiya who is contesting the elections from Patparhganj constituency said that CBI should punish the official and he has got many such officials arrested during his tenure. He tweeted, “I have come to know that the CBI has arrested a GST inspector taking bribe. This officer was also posted in my office as OSD. The CBI should immediately punish him severely. I have got many such corrupt officials caught in the last 5 years.”
मुझे पता चला है कि सीबीआई ने एक GST इन्स्पेक्टर को रिश्वत लेते हुए गिरफ़्तार किया है. यह अधिकारी मेरे ऑफ़िस में बतौर OSD भी तैनात था. सीबीआई को उसे तुरंत सख़्त से सख़्त सजा दिलानी चाहिए. ऐसे कई भ्रष्टाचारी अधिकारी मैंने ख़ुद पिछले 5 साल में पकड़वाए है.
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) February 7, 2020
However, Railway and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal trained guns at Sisodiya. He said that how will he develop Delhi when he keeps such corrupt officials with him. Goyal tweeted, “He had come to do all this in politics, not to change politics, and today his OSD was arrested taking red-handed bribe.”
जब उपमुख्यमंत्री ही भ्रष्ट और घूसखोर लोगों को अपने साथ रखते हों तो ऐसे लोग दिल्ली का क्या विकास करेंगे?
वो राजनीति बदलने नही, राजनीति में ये सब करने आये थे, और आज उनका OSD रंगे हाथों रिश्वत लेते गिरफ्तार हो गया। pic.twitter.com/XPznsZ2EFQ
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 7, 2020
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