Delhi Liquor Policy: Sisodia Sent To Judicial Custody Till April 5 In Money Laundering Case

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been sent to judicial custody till April 5 in a money laundering case in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case.

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

Source : PTI

A Delhi court has sent Manish Sisodia to judicial custody till April 5 in a money laundering case in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. Manish Sisodia has urged the court to allow him to carry some religious and spiritual books during his judicial custody. The court has asked him to move an application in this regard, news agency ANI reported.

On Tuesday, the court sought the Enforcement Directorate's response on a bail plea of Manish Sisodia in the case. Special Judge MK Nagpal issued notice to the ED and sought its response by March 25.

On March 17, the court extended the ED custody of the AAP leader by five days till March 22.

The ED arrested Sisodia on March 9 in the Tihar Jail, where he was lodged in connection with a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case about alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy for 2021-22. The CBI arrested Sisodia on February 26.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that Delhiites were "missing" Manish Sisodia on the day of the budget presentation, and asserted that the work started by the former minister will be carried on at double the speed.

This time the budget was presented by Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot, who was given charge of the finance department after the resignation of deputy chief minister Sisodia.

Sisodia, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case, had been presenting the AAP government''s budget ever since the party came to power in Delhi.

The Union Home Ministry approved the Delhi Budget on Tuesday following a clarification from the AAP government, paving the way for its presentation in the Assembly.

Finance minister Kailash Gahlot presented a Rs 78,800-crore budget in the Delhi assembly for the financial year 2023-24 with the announcement of nine schemes as part of the G-20 preparations.