The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is likely to file a money laundering case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi liquor policy scam case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is likely to file a money laundering case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged corruption over the implementation of the Delhi liquour policy. This comes after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday shared a copy of the FIR against Sisodia and other relevant documents pertaining to the case with the ED.
The CBI’s FIR in the case states that Manish Sisodia and other public servants accused in the case took decisions pertaining to the excise policy 2021-22 without the approval of competent authority with “an intention to extend undue favours to the licensees post tender”.
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According to the FIR, at least two payments in crores were allegedly made to “close associates” of Sisodia by Sameer Mahendru, the owner of Indospirit, one of the liquor traders involved in irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy.
Meanwhile, Sisodia denied the charges on Saturday, August 21 and said he was only targeted as he holds a position in Arvind Kejriwal’s cabinet.
The CBI on Sunday issued a lookout circular against Sisodia and 13 others named in the FIR. Following the notice, Sisodia hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wrote on Twitter, “What is this drama?”
