Delhi Liquor Policy Case: Court Extends Manish Sisodia's Judicial Custody In ED Case Till May 23

Sisodia was arrested by the ED in this case on March 9 from Tihar Jail and he is currently in judicial custody.

The ED on Thursday filed a 2,000-page chargesheet against jailed former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia for the first time.

Rouse Avenue Court on Monday extended former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's judicial custody in the Enforcement Directorate case of excise policy matter till May 23. This comes after ED on Saturday submitted before the Court that due to Sisodia's activities as Excise Minister, a proceed of the crime of Rs 622 crores was generated in the excise policy case, reported news agency ANI.

The court listed the supplementary chargesheet filed against Manish Sisodia for consideration on May 10. The court also asked the ED to file the soft copy of the supplementary chargesheet on CD/DVD/Pen drive by May 8.

The ED on Thursday filed a 2,000-page chargesheet against the jailed AAP leader for the first time.

Delhi Liquor Policy Case: Enforcement Directorate Calls Manish Sisodia A "Key Conspirator" In The Matter

Sisodia was arrested by the ED in this case on March 9 from Tihar Jail. He was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is also probing the case.

This was the fourth supplementary and overall fifth chargesheet or prosecution complaint filed in the case by the ED before a designated special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi, reported PTI.

The agency has called Sisodia a "key conspirator" in this case. It had alleged, in the previous chargesheets, that the alleged liquor policy scam was a "conspiracy" undertaken by some of the big political leaders of the AAP and the so-called 'South Group' comprising BRS leader K Kavitha, YSR Congress MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and others who "used" proxies and dummies to conceal their involvement.

The former Delhi deputy chief minister has also been accused of destroying evidence, such as crushing his cell phones and changing SIMs multiple times.