ED questions Manish Sisodia in Tihar jail

March 09, 2023 11:30

The Enforcement Directorate is questioning former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia at Tihar Jail in connection with its ongoing probe in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 money laundering case.

On Tuesday, the ED questioned and recorded Sisodia's statement. The probe agency has also made a fresh arrest in the case as it took custody of Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai.

The ED has summoned Bharatiya Rashtriya Samiti (BRS) MLC and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha for questioning on Thursday.

Kavitha was questioned by the CBI in December last year.

Sisodia was arrested on February 26 in an ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court sent him to Judicial Custody till March 20.

ED, last year filed its first chargesheet in the case. The agency said it has so far undertaken nearly 200 search operations in this case after filing FIR after taking cognisance of a CBI case which was registered on the recommendation of the Delhi lieutenant governor.

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