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A exclaim by the tips company PTI said that special Come to a option Kaveri Baweja prolonged Sisodia’s judicial custody after he changed into produced sooner than the court on the expiry of the judicial custody granted earlier.
A Delhi court on Saturday (Apr 6) prolonged the judicial custody of ancient deputy chief minister and Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) Manish Sisodia till April 18 in connection with the money laundering case associated to the Delhi excise protection scam. A exclaim by the tips company PTI said that special Come to a option Kaveri Baweja prolonged Sisodia’s judicial custody after he changed into produced sooner than the court on the expiry of the judicial custody granted earlier.
Sisodia changed into arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 closing year for his alleged role in the scam. He resigned from the Delhi cupboard two days later.
Attributable to this fact, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Sisodia in a money-laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023.
The case
The excise protection scam is expounded to alleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi govt’s excise protection for 2021-22, which changed into later scrapped. Sisodia, ancient health minister Satyendar Jain, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh were jailed in connection with the case.
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On Tuesday (April 2), Sanjay Singh changed into 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 stay in jail.
‘No celebrations till all others return’
A day after Singh’s free up, his wife Anita thanked the Indian judiciary for the judgement and hoped that other AAP leaders would be released rapidly. Talking to the tips company ANI, Anita said that there would be no celebrations till Sisodia, Jain and Kejriwal were released from jail.
(With inputs from agencies)
