A Delhi court Wednesday sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in judicial custody for 14 days in connection with a money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped excise policy.
Special Judge MK Nagpal sent Sisodia to judicial custody till April 5 and accepted his request to carry an additional set of spiritual and education-related books. The Enforcement Directorate produced him before the court on the conclusion of his custodial interrogation in the matter. The ED arrested Sisodia on March 9 and he was sent in the agency’s custody for 13 days.
Sisodia had already moved a bail application in connection with this case. The court sought the Enforcement Directorate’s reply to his bail plea. The arguments in connection with his bail plea in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case have been wrapped up.
The agency alleged Sisodia was “personally involved in getting the file of the Indospirits L1 licence cleared.” The owner of M/s Indospirits, Sameer Mahendru, is also an accused in the excise policy case. The company is also under investigation for its alleged links with the ‘south group’ members.
The agency alleged destruction of evidence in this case as “14 phones destroyed or changed” and Sisodia “used sim cards registered on other persons name”.