Delhi court reserves order on ED plea seeking Sisodia’s custody

Delhi court reserves order on ED’s plea seeking custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia, order to be pronounced soon.

On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) produced former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a city court and sought his 10-day custody.

The ED told the court that the scam began with drafting the Delhi Excise Policy, which AAP leader Manish Sisodia and others made.

ED said that there are witnesses and other evidence against Manish Sisodia. The directorate also told the court that money transactions through hawala are also being probed.

ED tells the court that Manish Sisodia destroyed his phone and other evidence.

Sisodia’s counsel opposed the ED’s appeal saying that policymaking is the executive’s job, which has to go through several stages. How ED can probe policy-making in money laundering case

ED has arrested Sisodia in a money laundering case related to Delhi’s excise policy. Security forces were heavily deployed inside and outside the Rouse Avenue court complex ahead of Sisodia’s appearance.

Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged a sit-in outside the court premises and raised slogans to support Sisodia, while supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) protested, demanding the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the matter.

The federal agency told Special Judge M.K. Sisodia that was produced before Nagpal, and it was argued before him that the “scam” began soon after Sisodia and others drafted the new excise policy.

ED’s counsel said there are witnesses and other evidence against Sisodia in the case. He said that the transaction of money through hawala is also being investigated. He claimed that Sisodia was part of a nexus related to the money laundering case.

Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) concerning alleged irregularities in Delhi’s Excise Policy. Subsequently, the ED interrogated Sisodia in Tihar Jail in a related money laundering case and arrested him on Thursday.