Former Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia.(PTI Photograph/File)
The CBI in addition to the ED have alleged that irregularities had been dedicated whereas modifying the Delhi Excise Coverage, undue favours had been prolonged to licence holders, licence payment was waived or diminished and licences had been prolonged with out the competent authority’s approval
A court docket on Saturday prolonged the judicial custody of Aam Aadmi Get together chief Manish Sisodia until April 18 in a cash laundering case associated to the alleged Delhi excise coverage rip-off. Particular Decide Kaveri Baweja prolonged Sisodia’s judicial custody after he was produced earlier than the court docket on the expiry of the judicial custody granted earlier.
His occasion colleague Sanjay Singh, a co-accused who was not too long ago granted bail by the Supreme Courtroom within the case, additionally appeared earlier than the court docket for the proceedings. The CBI in addition to the ED have alleged that irregularities had been dedicated whereas modifying the Delhi Excise Coverage, undue favours had been prolonged to licence holders, licence payment was waived or diminished and licences had been prolonged with out the competent authority’s approval.
The beneficiaries allegedly diverted ”unlawful” beneficial properties to the accused officers and made false entries of their books of account to evade detection, the probe businesses have alleged. Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26, 2023, for his alleged position within the ”rip-off”. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Sisodia in a money-laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023.
Sisodia resigned from the Delhi cupboard on February 28, 2023.
