Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court sends former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to ED remand till March 17 in excise policy case.
Also, the hearing on Sisodia’s bail plea in CBI case relating to excise policy adjourned to March 21.
This comes after Sisodia was presented before the court on Friday afternoon after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday returned to Tihar Jail to question Sisodia in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam.
Highlights
- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its application sought 10-day custody of Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case.
- After the questioning, The ED on Friday tells the court that there was a conspiracy behind framing the excise policy by Vijay Nair, along with others and the Excise policy was brought out for extraordinary profit margin for wholesalers.
- Acording to ED, the margin of 12% of wholesale profit margin to private entities was never discussed in the GoM meeting.
- ED stated that accused Butchibabu Gorantla disclosed that there was a political understanding between then Dy CM Manish Sisodia and K Kavitha who also met Vijay Nair. Butchibabu is the former auditor of K Kavitha and is presently on bail.
- ED tells the Delhi Court that SIM cards and mobile phones were purchased in the names of other people by Manish Sisodia.
- ED aslo said that Manish Sisodia has given answers contrary to the statement given by independent people, “He says profit margins to wholesale sellers were doubled based on previous calculations. While no such discussion took place in GoM.”
- The CBI arrested Sisodia on February 26 and later remanded him in judicial custody by Rouse Avenue District Court.
- A day after Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai’s arrest, BRS MLC K Kavitha has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection to Delhi Liquor Policy Scam. Kavitha will be questioned by the ED on March 10, stated TV reports.
(This is a developing story…)