NEW DELHI: Judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in connection to money laundering case registered by ED is extended until May 28th.
Sisodia, was produced before the court on the expiry of his judicial custody. Interacting with the media reporters he asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be able to stop Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s work in Delhi. “Modi ji may try as much as he wants, but he won’t be able to stop the work of Kejriwal ji in Delhi. Modi ji may conspire as much as he wants,” Sisodia said while he was being brought out of the courtroom after the judge pronounced the order.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Friday dismissed the former deputy minister’ bail plea calling the investigation at such a stage that it doesn’t merit granting bail.
“This court is not inclined to grant bail to the applicant in this case of economic offences having serious repercussions upon the general public and society at large as the evidence collected during investigation speaks volumes of his involvement in commission of the said offence- the order said.
Special judge MK Nagpla mentioned that Manish Sisodia was not only the architect of the conspiracy but also “the brain behind insertion of clauses of 12% profit margin for wholesalers and of enhancement of eligibility criteria for wholesalers from Rs. 100 crores to Rs. 500 crores.”
The court had previously dismissed Sisodia’s bail application on March 31 in a corruption case that was being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It said that Sisodia was “prima facie the architect” with regards to advance kickbacks of Rs 90-100 crore that were meant for him and his colleagues.
The court also deferred the passing of order on bail petitions of Rajesh Joshi and Gautam Malhotra – co-accused in the excise money-laundering case for May 6.