Top Delhi minister arrested in India liquor probe


FILE PHOTO: Delhi's Urban Development Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia speaks during a news conference in New Delhi January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's federal investigating agency arrested a top local minister in the capital territory of New Delhi late on Sunday in connection with alleged irregularities in a liquor policy, the most high-profile arrest in the case so far.

Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister in the Delhi government was arrested by India's federal crime agency, the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) late Sunday night and will be produced in a local court on Monday.

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