Excise Policy: Court Said- Sufficient Evidence To Proceed Case Against Sisodia In Money Laundering Case

Excise Policy: Court Said- Sufficient Evidence To Proceed Case Against Sisodia In Money Laundering Case



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The court took cognizance of the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against former deputy CM Manish Sisodia and others in a money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy case. The court said that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute on the basis of the evidence presented. The court has issued summons to him and directed him to appear on June 1.

Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court issued the summons after taking cognizance of the supplementary charge sheet. The ED had filed this supplementary charge sheet on May 4. In the supplementary charge sheet, the ED has alleged that the proceeds of crime have generated an income of Rs 622 crore from the activities of accused Manish Sisodia. The supplementary charge sheet was filed by Special Public Prosecutor Naveen Kumar Matta. The supplementary charge contains more than 2100 pages. The operational part consists of 271 pages.

Sisodia was arrested by the ED in this case on March 9. Earlier, he was arrested by the CBI on 26 February. He is the 29th accused arrested in the case. CBI has already filed a charge sheet in this case. His bail in the CBI case was rejected by the High Court on Tuesday. His bail in the money laundering case is pending in the High Court.

It was stated that the aforesaid cash transfer was done as per the instructions of co-accused Vijay Nair, who was the applicant and representative of AAP and also media in-charge of AAP and was looking after the work related to the said elections and he was also involved. A company named M/S Rath Productions Media Pvt. Ltd., owned by co-accused Rajesh Joshi, to do election related advertisement work and other work for the party during the said elections, the court noted.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy case on March 9 after hours of questioning at Tihar Jail. Sisodia was arrested earlier by the CBI in its ongoing probe into a case related to alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).



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