Manish Sisodia arrested by ED over money laundering charges linked to Delhi liquor policy
March 10, 2023 3:50 ISTThe ED has arrested former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia on money laundering charges linked to excise policy case, officials said.
The ED has arrested former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia on money laundering charges linked to excise policy case, officials said.
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Hitting out at the AAP, Manoj Tiwari said, "Delhi jails come under Delhi government, that means Arvind Kejriwal. Manish Sisodia knows a lot of secrets of Arvind Kejriwal. How can his own aide Manish Sisodia have a threat to life inside jail? Is Arvind Kejriwal conspiring against Manish Sisodia?"
Manish Sisodia has been assigned a segregated ward keeping his security in mind. The ward of CJ-1, where he is lodged has minimum number of inmates who are not gangsters and are maintaining good conduct inside the jail, prison officials said.
MK Stalin's letter has come days after 9 opposition parties wrote a letter to the Prime Minister on the arrest of Manish Sisodia alleging "blatant misuse of central agencies".
President of India Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday appointed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj as ministers in the Delhi cabinet on the advice of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, with effect from the date they are sworn in, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed.
It is alleged that Sisodia's PA Devendra Sharma had bought mobile phones at his own expense at the behest of Manish Sisodia which were used by him.
Delhi Excise policy scam case: The CBI sources have claimed that the former Aam Aadmi Party Minister was still evasive and was not cooperating with the investigating officers.
Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has filed a petition for regular bail in rouse avenue court. The court is likely to hear his plea this afternoon. At present, Manish Sisodia is in cbi custody and his custody is being completed today.
AAP Nukkad Sabhas: Manish Sisodia was arrested on Sunday in an ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the Delhi government.
Taking on the opposition, PM Modi said, "some (Kattar) people say mar ji Modi (die Modi) but the people of the country is saying 'Mat Ja Modi' (please don't go anywhere)."
It has been decided that AAP will do door-to-door campaigning & go to every house, speak to every person. We'll explain to them how PM is going to the extreme like Indira Gandhi did once, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said.
In the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha told Sisodia’s counsel to approach either the trial court or Delhi High Court for bail.
Congress protest in Delhi: Several Congress leaders and workers, led by their state unit president Anil Chaudhary, gathered near the AAP's DDU Marg office and raised slogans against Kejriwal and Sisodia.
Manish Sisodia resigns: The Delhi social welfare minister also said that he will be meeting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal later in the day and will take charge in accordance with ''what the chief minister says''.
After Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain quit from the AAP Cabinet, party's national spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said two new ministers will be appointed "very soon".
Manish Sisodia in a three-page letter said that he wishes to quit as cabinet minister in the AAP government until charges against him are proven false.
Sisodia was sent to 5-day CBI custody till March 4 after he was produced in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Monday afternoon. He was arrested on Sunday evening after hours of questioning by the central probing agency in the Delhi liquor policy case.
The Supreme Court was hearing the matter amid a face-off between Punjab government and Governor Banwarilal Purohit over convening the state's budget assembly session.
Special Public Prosecutor on behalf of CBI Pankaj Gupta told the court that Sisodia was not cooperating in the investigation and that he did not disclose true facts related to above conspiracy.
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