Manish Sisodia Named In ED's 2,500-Page Supplementary Chargesheet In Delhi Liquor Policy Case

In the ED chargesheet, which was submitted in Rouse Avenue Court, Manish Sisodia has been named as the 29th accused in the excise policy case.

AAP leader Manish Sisodia at Rouse Avenue Court in connection with Delhi excise policy case

Source : PTI

The Enforcement Directorate filed a supplementary chargesheet running into 2,500 pages in the money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor policy 'scam' and named former Delhi deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as an accused.

Sisodia has been named as the 29th accused in the ED chargesheet. The chargesheet has 271 operative pages along with 2,100 pages of documents that the investigation agency relied upon. The ED had previously filed three chargesheets but did not name Sisodia. 

Sisodia was arrested by the CBI and ED on February 26 and March 9 respectively for alleged corruption in the formulation and execution of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy 2021-22 and for purportedly laundering the money generated from the policy.

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Earlier in the day, the Delhi High Court sought the ED's response on Sisodia's plea seeking bail in the money laundering case. The matter has been listed for further hearing on May 11.

Sisodia has filed a regular bail plea as well as an interim bail application on grounds of illness of his wife, who was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Delhi last month after her health deteriorated. Seema Sisodia has been undergoing treatment for multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects the central nervous system, for the past 23 years.

The ED's counsel opposed the plea contending that Sisodia was the key conspirator in the case.

The ED has claimed there was a "conspiracy" coordinated by AAP leader Vijay Nair along with other individuals from a "South Group" to provide undue profit to private wholesalers. The agency has claimed the excise policy was modified to ensure a 12 per cent business profit for private wholesalers.

The agency had also submitted that Sisodia used SIM cards and mobile phones bought in the name of other leaders and he had destroyed 14 mobile phones, out of which two were recovered by the ED. Sisodia had denied the allegations regarding destruction of evidence.

Sisodia Named As Prime Accused In CBI Chargesheet

Last month, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a supplementary chargesheet in the liquor policy case, naming Sisodia as the prime accused among four people.

The chargesheet also named Butchi Babu, auditor of Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha, Arjun Pandey and liquor trader Amandeep Dhal. The first chargesheet was submitted by the CBI on November 25, 2022.