Liquor policy scam: Delhi court extends Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody in CBI case till May 12

A special court in the capital has extended the remand of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till May 12 in the Delhi Excise Policy case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Special judge MK Nagpal extended the judicial custody of Sisodia, who is facing various charges of corruption and money laundering in the Delhi consumer policy case. Sisodia is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in two cases arising out of the now scrapped Delhi Excise Policy.

The CBI registered a case against Sisodia and other accused persons on allegations of various irregularities in excise duty policy and later a money laundering case arising out of the CBI case was also registered by the Enforcement Directorate.

Earlier, during the last hearing, the special court had extended Sisodia's judicial custody till April 27 in the CBI case and till April 29 in the ED case. Sisodia's name was not there in the first charge sheet, but he was charged under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act in the second charge sheet filed by the CBI in the trial court.

The court had earlier rejected Sisodia's bail plea in the CBI case, saying his role in the Delhi excise policy scam was important and vital.Sisodia challenged the rejection of his bail plea in the Delhi High Court. He filed a bail plea in a money laundering case registered by the ED before the trial court, which adjourned the decision on his bail plea till April 28.

Sisodia has denied all the allegations leveled by the CBI and ED.

Central investigation agency CBI arrested Sisodia in the Delhi Excise Policy case on February 26 and later she was also arrested by ED from Tihar Jail on charges of money laundering.