Enforcement Directorate arrested Vijay Nair, businessman and close aide of Delhi Deputy chief minister Manis Sisodia, and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally related to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy case. The arrest comes ahead of their bail pleas verdict today.
Earlier, the two were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and remanded into judicial custody after questioning.
The Rouse Avenue Court on November 9 had reserved its judgment on bail petitions filed by AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. Special Judge MK Nagpal reserved the order following the conclusion of the bail arguments and the order on the bail petitions is to be issued today.
Nair, the former CEO of entertainment and event management firm Only Much Louder, and one of the prime suspects in the Delhi excise scam, had gone to London. He returned to join the probe by CBI and was placed under arrest on September 27.
The CBI has alleged that Nair was actively involved in irregularities in the framing and implementation of the Delhi excise policy for 2021-22. Nair was reportedly a volunteer of Delhi's ruling AAP and he allegedly helped party leaders by organising events and also handling their social media.
The CBI had arrested Boinpally for framing and implementing the excise policy of GNCTD of Delhi. A prominent businessman from Hyderabad, Boinpally's name had cropped up during the course of the investigation. He was called to join the probe but did not cooperate with the probe agency and allegedly tried to mislead it. He was not named in the FIR.
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(With IANS Input)