All the accused have been sent to CBI's custodial remand till May 14, the sources added.
On a request by the Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, who appeared for the CBI for an expeditious hearing of the matter by the high court, the bench in its order said, “Petitioner (CBI) would be at liberty to request HC for expeditious disposal which shall be considered by it on its merits”
The Manipur government and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had transferred the case to the CBI for further investigation.
Of the total of 14 municipalities that have come under the scanner of the central agency sleuths in this connection, authorities of six have informed the probe officials that crucial recruitment-related documents, including the OMR sheets, have gone missing.
The Calcutta High Court had allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to probe the multicrore recruitment scam.
Delhi court sent former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia to judicial custody till March 20 in the alleged liquor policy case being probed by the CBI.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called the visit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team at former Bihar CM Rabri Devi's residence as "humiliating".
Former Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI for the excise policy scam will be produced before Rouse Avenue District Court.
In Delhi, thousands of AAP workers and leaders, including party’s senior leader and MLA Ms Atishi, party’s chief spokesperson and MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj and senior leader Adil Ahmad Khan gathered outside the BJP Headquarters to protest against the arrest.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers held protest demonstrations against the BJP-led Central government in several parts of the country over the arrest.
