CBI defers questioning on Dy CM Sisodia's request for more time

The CBI on Sunday deferred the questioning of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the Delhi Excise policy scam case after he sought time from the probe agency citing the city government's ongoing budget exercise.

The agency had asked Sisodia to appear for questioning on Sunday.

The central probe agency accepted Sisodia's application to defer the questioning and will give a new date soon, officials said.

Sisodia on Sunday said the BJP was using the probe agency to take "revenge" from him and expressed apprehension that he would be arrested.

The Aam Admi Party leader, who is also the Finance minister in the Delhi government, said he would be available for questioning after a week.

During its probe into the money trail and links between liquor traders, AAP leaders, middlemen and politicians, the CBI has gathered elaborate materials on which it needs the clarifications from Sisodia who is the prime accused in the FIR, officials said.

The agency had filed its first