New Delhi: In a major setback to Aam Admi Party (AAP), Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia till May 31 in the Delhi liquor excise policy case.
The probe agencies had alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy, undue favors were extended to license holders, the license fee was waived or reduced and the L-1 license was extended without the competent authority’s approval.
The beneficiaries diverted “illegal” gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection, according to the Enforcement Directorate.
Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court is scheduled to deliver an order on bail pleas of former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in money laundering and corruption cases lodged against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) respectively in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.
On May 14, the high court had reserved its order on the bail pleas after hearing arguments on behalf of Sisodia, the CBI and the ED. During this hearing, the ED said that it would make the AAP an accused in the next charge sheet in the PMLA case stemming from the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
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