AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Manish Sisodia will remain in judicial custody until March 7 in connection with the Delhi Liquor Policy case, according to media reports. Both were produced at Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court earlier in the day in relation to the excise policy case.
Sanjay Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 4 last year, while Manish Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26 for alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. Subsequently, Sisodia was also arrested by the ED on March 9 in a connected money laundering case while he was in judicial custody in Tihar jail.
The ED informed the court that Sanjay Singh was allegedly involved in a conspiracy to collect kickbacks from liquor groups in the Delhi excise policy. The Delhi liquor scam case, or the excise policy case, revolves around allegations that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 allowed cartelization and favored certain dealers who allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP.
Last year, the ED filed its first chargesheet in the case, stating that it has conducted over 200 search operations in connection with the case after filing an FIR based on the recommendation of the Delhi lieutenant governor, following a CBI case registration.