Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, March 10: A Delhi court ordered Manish Sisodia, a leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to remain in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) until March 17 in connection with a money laundering case that was brought against him in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
Once the ED requested custody of Sisodia for ten days through the court, the special judge MK Nagpal issued the order. After questioning Sisodia in the Tihar Prison for a number of hours on Thursday evening, the ED took him into custody. In the Delhi Excise Policy Case, ED is looking into the money laundering aspect.
Sisodia was previously detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 in connection with the liquor policy issue, and is still being held in judicial custody in that matter. He was kept by the CBI till March 6. He was then taken into legal custody after that.
Sisodia and other AAP members are accused of conspiring to give liquor licences to specific retailers in exchange for kickbacks.
Allegations have been made that specific dealers benefited from changes made to the excise policy and profit margins, and that kickbacks were given in return for the changes.
After Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena suggested a CBI investigation based on a report by the Delhi Chief Secretary, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and CBI lodged cases in relation to the alleged scam.
