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Dikshit and former ministers wrote to LG Saxena saying the CBI sanction to prosecute Manish Sisodia in the Feedback Unit case was not relevant as it was not just a case of corruption but a clear case of treason involving espionage .
Former MP Sandeep Dixit and two former Delhi ministers Mangat Ram Singhal and Kiran Walia have written to LG VK Saxena seeking an NIA probe under UAPA into allegations of snooping and snooping by the city government’s Feedback Unit, officials said on Monday. .
LG Secretariat has forwarded the request to the Chief Secretary of Delhi for further action.
Dikshit and former ministers had written to Lt Governor Saxena on March 1, saying the CBI sanction to prosecute former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the Feedback Unit case was not relevant as it was not the only case. Corruption but a clear case of treason involving snooping on people and institutions including the Centre, with the full knowledge of the Chief Minister and the Cabinet.
“to gain the ability to eavesdrop, gather intelligence and information and ‘spy’ on people and institutions in the National Capital Region including Government of India, Defense Establishment, Central Government Intelligence Agencies, etc., a clear It is a matter of treason.
“While we are not lawyers, we believe that this invokes the UAPA, or similar acts and that the CBI and NIA should on their own be directed to investigate under laws governing sedition and anti-national activities and As evidence of wrongdoing has already been found, the concerned CM and Ministers of Delhi, Government and officials should be prosecuted under such sedition and anti-national laws as may be applicable in this regard,” Saxena said. Read the letter.
Saxena had last month given permission to the CBI to register a case in the matter.
Later, the Center paved the way for registration of a fresh case against senior AAP leader Sisodia by allowing the CBI to prosecute it in a case related to alleged collection of “political intelligence” through a Delhi government department.
The Union Home Ministry informed the LG’s office of sanction to prosecute Sisodia under Section 17 (Powers to police to investigate a public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The letter to Saxena further said, “We draw your kind attention to the recent reports that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought your sanction to prosecute Delhi government minister Manish Sisodia in the matter of setting up Feedback and Received. Unit (FBU) by the Government of Delhi a few years ago. This approval has been sought under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
“Sir, we would like to draw your kind attention to the fact that if the Delhi government, with the full knowledge of its chief minister, in the presence of the entire cabinet and senior government officials, approves and sets up an entity that has the capability and intent to data to intercept and collect information, electronic data etc. with the ability to listen/watch/record which is neither constitutionally or in any other way permitted to this Government being part of its duties and responsibilities, then It is not just a matter of corruption.
The AAP government in 2015 had proposed to set up a Feedback Unit to collect information and actionable feedback on the functioning of various departments and autonomous bodies, institutions and entities under the jurisdiction of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi and to deal with “trafficking cases”. For also the CBI said.
The unit started functioning in 2016 with a provision of Rs 1 crore for Secret Service expenditure.
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