Delhi excise policy case: No relief for Manish Sisodia as his judicial custody gets extended till April 18

A Delhi court on Saturday (Apr 6) extended the judicial custody of former deputy chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia till April 18 in connection with the money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy. A report by the news agency PTI said that special Judge Kaveri Baweja extended Sisodia’s judicial custody after he was produced before the court on the expiry of the judicial custody granted earlier.

Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 last year for his alleged role in the scam. He resigned from the Delhi cabinet two days later.

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Subsequently, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Sisodia in a money-laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023.

The case

The excise policy scam is related to alleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22, which was later scrapped. Sisodia, former health minister Satyendar Jain, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh are in jailin connection with the case.

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On Tuesday (April 2), Sanjay Singh was granted bail in the case and walked out of Tihar jail, where he had been lodged since October 13, 2023. Sisodia, Jain, and Kejriwal continue to remain in prison.

'No celebrations until all others return'

A day after Singh's release, his wife Anita thanked the Indian judiciary for the judgement and hoped that other AAP leaders would be released soon. Speaking to the news agency ANI, Anita said that there would be no celebrations until Sisodia, Jain and Kejriwal were released from jail.

(With inputs from agencies)