Sisodia’s Judicial Custody Extended till Apr 17 in ED’s Money Laundering Case

Delhi: The judicial custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was extended till April 17 by a Delhi court on Wednesday in a money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Sisodia on March 9 in the Tihar jail, where he was lodged following arrest by CBI in connection with the excise policy case probed by the CBI.

As per the ED allegation, Sisodia was involved in “large-scale destruction of digital evidence to impede investigation” into the Delhi liquor policy case and had changed and destroyed 14 phones.

The ED authorities also alleged that Sisodia had withheld information which is in his “exclusive knowledge” and “extremely relevant to the investigation”.

Earlier on Monday, a special court had extended the judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia till April 17 in a corruption case being probed by the CBI related to the alleged Delhi excise scam.