Delhi Court grants ED 7-day custody of Manish Sisodia in excise policy case
The Hindu
The Enforcement Directorate had sought 10-day custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia
The Delhi Rouse Avenue Court on March 10 sent AAP leader Manish Sisodia to ED custody till March 17 in the money laundering case related to the excise policy.
The city court had reserved its order earlier in the day on the Enforcement Directorate’s plea, which sought 10-day custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
The ED on Thursday arrested Mr. Sisodia on a money laundering charge, after questioning him for several hours inside the Tihar Jail.
The CBI arrested Mr. Sisodia on February 26. The case alleges irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped excise policy. Subsequently, a special court sent him to judicial custody in Tihar Jail.
The ED secured a court order and, on Tuesday, started recording Mr. Sisodia’s statement. Based on the findings, it formally put him under arrest and will produce him before the designated court on Friday.
The case was heard by Special Judge M.K. Nagpal.
The lawyer for the federal anti-money laundering probe agency alleged Mr. Sisodia made false statements about the ‘scam’ and that it wanted to unearth the modus operandi of the perpetrators and confront him with the other accused.