Excise policy scam: Delhi court defers decision on Sisodia’s bail plea in ED case

New Delhi (IANS) | A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred its order on the bail plea of AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi Excise Policy case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Rouse Avenue Court’s Special Judge M.K. Nagpal will now pronounce the verdict on April 28. He had on April 18 reserved judgment on Sisodia’s bail plea.

The court had a day earlier extended Sisodia’s judicial custody in the case by two weeks. The ED had earlier submitted before the judge that Sisodia had shown fabricated emails to show that there was public acceptance for the policy.

The ED claimed that instructions to send these pre-draft emails were given to Delhi Minorities Commission chairman Zakir Khan, who asked his interns to send the emails. The probe agency had also said that the 60 days given to complete the probe against Sisodia have not yet expired.

It said it has found fresh evidence indicating Sisodia’s involvement in the alleged scam and the investigation is at a critical stage.

–IANS