The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has
lodged a supplementary prosecution complaint (charge sheet) on Saturday against
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh in a money laundering case related to
the Delhi excise policy case.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh was taken into
custody by the Enforcement Directorate on October 4 in connection with his
alleged involvement in the excise policy case. He is currently being held in
judicial custody at Tihar Jail.
On November 28, the Delhi court issued a
notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay
Singh’s bail application in connection with a money laundering case related to
an alleged liquor irregularities case.
The Special Judge, MK Nagpal of the
Rouse Avenue Court, has asked the ED to file a reply by December 6 and listed
the matter for hearing on December 6.
Sanjay Singh was arrested by the
Enforcement Directorate in the case on October 4.
The Special Judge MK Nagpal on November
24, extended the judicial custody of Sanjay Singh till December 4.
Appearing for the ED, the Special Public
Prosecutor Naveen Kumar Matta apprised the Court that the chargesheet
(Supplementary Prosecution Complaint) will be filed in the matter very soon and
within the prescribed time limit.
Recently, the Delhi High Court dismissed
AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, challenging his remand and arrest
in the alleged liquor irregularities case.
ED claimed that Singh and his associates
played a part in the Delhi government’s decision to give licenses to alcohol
shops and merchants in 2020, causing losses to the state exchequer and
violating anti-corruption laws.
ED has previously searched several
locations, including the homes and offices of Sanjay Singh’s close associate,
Ajit Tyagi and other contractors and businessmen who allegedly benefited from
the policy.
In its nearly 270-page supplementary
charge sheet, the ED has called Sisodia a key conspirator in the case.
The Delhi liquor scam case or the excise
policy case pertains to allegations that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi
government’s excise policy for 2021-22 allowed cartelization and favoured
certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge that has been
strongly refuted by the AAP.
ED filed its first chargesheet in the
case last year. The agency said it has so far undertaken over 200 search
operations in this case after filing an FIR after taking cognizance of a CBI
case that was registered on the recommendation of the Delhi lieutenant
governor.
The CBI inquiry was recommended based on
the findings of the Delhi Chief Secretary’s report filed in July showing prima
facie violations of the GNCTD Act 1991, Transaction of Business Rules (ToBR)
1993, Delhi Excise Act 2009, and Delhi Excise Rules 2010.
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