Delhi Liquor Scam – Manish Sisodia
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a second supplementary chargesheet in a special court in a money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor scam. In this, apart from three persons Raghav Magunta, Rajesh Joshi and Gautam Malhotra, five companies associated with them have been made accused. The ED is yet to file a charge sheet against former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and businessman Amandeep Singh Dhal in this case.
Special Judge Vikas Dhul of Rouse Avenue Court fixed April 14 as the date of hearing for taking cognizance of the charge sheet before the concerned judge. The ED has filed this charge sheet through its special public prosecutor Naveen Kumar Matta. Public Prosecutor Matta told the court that investigation into the matter was still on. Earlier in the supplementary chargesheet, 12 accused Vijay Nair, Sharath Reddy, Binoy Babu, Abhishek Boinapalli, Amit Arora and seven companies were named as accused. The ED had filed the first chargesheet against Sameer Mahendru and his associated companies.
Seeks response from CBI on Sisodia’s bail plea
The High Court has sought response from the CBI on the bail plea of Sisodia in the liquor scam. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma directed the probe agency to file a reply within two weeks. The court has fixed the matter for hearing on April 20. Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, appearing for Sisodia, said everyone except his client has been granted bail in the case. He said, CBI does not have any such evidence which can clear the involvement of Sisodia. A case has been registered against his client only on political grounds. On March 31, the trial court had rejected Sisodia’s bail plea.
Sisodia got time to reply in defamation case
The High Court on Wednesday granted time to Manish Sisodia to respond to the petition of BJP leaders in the defamation case. Sisodia had filed a defamation complaint against six people for allegedly accusing them of corruption. After this, the lower court had ordered the BJP leaders to appear as accused, against which they filed a petition in the High Court. The next hearing will be on July 6.
At the outset of the hearing, Sisodia’s counsel sought time to file replies to the petitions filed by BJP leaders Hans Raj Hans, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma and party spokesperson Harish Khurana. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma granted time to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sisodia to file his reply. The High Court had earlier stayed the proceedings in the lower court against the BJP leaders in the defamation case. Bureau
