Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was 'misleading" the court in the ongoing excise policy case against jailed former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. While talking to reporters after attending the Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations at the Delhi assembly, he said false evidence was being presented before the court to mislead it. He alleged that Sisodia's phones were broken under the ED custody.
Kejriwal said, as quoted by news agency PTI, “The ED is misleading the court with false evidence, torturing people and taking false statements. There is nothing in this whole matter, the whole matter is fabricated and is based on false evidence. This is not a good thing.”
While responding to a question on ED’s charges that Sisodia broke his phone, Kejriwal said, “The ED is taking false statements by torturing people and pressuring them. Even in the case of Sanjay Singh, it has come to the fore that the accused gave a different statement and the ED has written something else in the charge sheet,” reported PTI.
On Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate had informed a Delhi court that Sisodia, who was arrested in a money laundering case pertaining to the alleged excise case, had planted fabricated e-mails to show that there was public approval for the policy.
The agency submitted these before Special Judge M K Nagpal during the time of opposing the bail application of Manish Sisodia.
Meanwhile, commenting on the Ambedkar Jayanti, Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi was following BR Ambedkar’s footsteps as it was giving more importance to education.
He said, as quoted by PTI, “Today is the birthday of Babasaheb Ambedkar, the biggest shining star in the history of India, who got higher education after a lot of struggle and finally wrote the Constitution of India.