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No Relief For Manish Sisodia And K Kavita, Judicial Custody Extended Till July 31

The Rouse Avenue Court has extended the judicial custody period of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and BRS leader K Kavita till July 31 in the Delhi liquor policy scam case. Both leaders, lodged in Tihar Jail, were produced through video conferencing after the expiry of their judicial custody period.

Sisodia was arrested by the ED on March 9, 2023, after being previously arrested by the CBI on February 26, 2023. The CBI registered an FIR in August 2022 against 15 accused, including Sisodia, for alleged rule violations and procedural irregularities in the new liquor policy. The ED later started investigating a money laundering case under PMLA.

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K Kavita, daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, was also arrested by the ED in connection with the scam and money laundering transactions worth hundreds of crores of rupees.

In a related development, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody period has also been extended till July 31 in the money laundering case and till August 8 in the CBI case. The ED filed its eighth supplementary chargesheet in May, making Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party accused in the case. The ED alleges that Kejriwal is the main conspirator of the excise scam, involving other AAP leaders and private individuals. So far, 18 people have been arrested in the case, including Kejriwal, Sisodia, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, and K Kavita.

Gopal Krishna

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