A Delhi court extended the judicial custody of AAP leader and former Delhi deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by 14 days till April 3, in a case filed by the CBI in the alleged irregularities in implementation of the the now-scrapped city’s liquor policy.
Earlier on Friday, a city court extended the ED custody of the senior AAP leader till March 22, saying physical custody of the accused appears to be necessary for his further effective interrogation.
Sisodia was arrested in a money laundering case related to the excise policy by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 after being interrogated for nearly eight hours.
The ED arrested him on March 9 in the Tihar Jail, where he was lodged in connection with the CBI case linked to alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi excise policy for 2021-22.
The CBI, in a statement, said that Manish Sisodia was arrested as he gave evasive replies and did not cooperate in the investigation despite being confronted with evidence to the contrary.
The CBI on November 25 last year filed a charge sheet in connection with the case, naming businessmen Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinpally and five others as accused. Sisodia, who also held the charge of the Excise department, was not named as accused in the chargesheet.
The probe agency alleged that the Delhi government’s excise policy meant to grant licences to liquor traders favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it.
