A Delhi Court extended the judicial custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a CBI case registered in connection with an alleged scam in scrapped Delhi liquor policy.
The former deputy CM was produced in Delhi Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday, on expiry of his remand period in the case probed under the Prevention of Corruption Act by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Hearing the case, the court extended his remand till July 15. The central agency arrested Sisodia on February 26 for his alleged role in the "scam". Sisodia resigned from the Delhi cabinet on February 28 last year.
The CBI as well as the ED have alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Delhi excise policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, licence fee was waived or reduced and licences were extended without the competent authority's approval.
The beneficiaries allegedly diverted "illegal" gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection, the probe agencies have alleged.
Sisodia is also serving remand in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged scam. He has been remanded till July 25 in ED’s case. Besides him, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BRS leader K. Kavitha have also been arrested in connection with the case.
