Manish Sisodia: Now Sisodia in ED's custody till March 17, read what arguments were given during the hearing in the court

A court on Friday sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till March 17. A money laundering case has been registered against Sisodia in connection with the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam.


The ED sought 10 days' custody of Sisodia before Special Judge MK Nagpal. The ED arrested Sisodia on Thursday evening after questioning him for several hours in Tihar Jail. The ED is probing the Delhi Excise Policy case from the angle of money laundering.

During the hearing on Friday, the ED said that the change in excise policy has been done to benefit a group from South India. ED's counsel Zoheb Hussain said all changes have been made to enable the South Group. Please see how the policy was designed to ensure that some private entities get huge profits. Hussain also said that Sisodia's contention that the policy changes were made in response to public feedback was not correct.

It was submitted that no suggestion was made by the public or the stakeholders for fixing the profit margin at 12 per cent. This has been confirmed by the Excise Department.

Hussain also referred to Sisodia's alleged role in securing the L1 license to a company called Indospirits. Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, appearing for Sisodia, said that faulty policy cannot be a ground to implicate someone.

Sisodia was earlier arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 in the liquor policy case and is already in judicial custody in that case. He remained in CBI custody till March 6. He was then sent to judicial custody.

It is alleged that Sisodia and other AAP members colluded to grant liquor licenses to some traders in return for kickbacks. It has been alleged that the excise duty policy was changed and the profit margin was changed in a manner that benefited some traders and in return received kickbacks.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI registered cases in connection with the alleged scam after Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi VK Saxena recommended a CBI probe based on a report by the Chief Secretary of Delhi. The report claimed that the Deputy Chief Minister violated statutory provisions and notified a policy that has significant financial implications.

Sisodia has argued that the policy and the changes made in it were approved by the LG and the CBI is now acting on the policy decisions of an elected government.

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