Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Manish Sisodia leaves the Rouse Avenue Court after the listening to in the Delhi Excise Policy Case, in New Delhi. File.
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A courtroom in New Delhi on April 30 dismissed the bail pleas of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in corruption and cash laundering cases, lodged by the CBI and the ED in the alleged Delhi excise coverage case.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief had additionally moved interim bail pleas in each cases to marketing campaign for the Lok Sabha polls.
The CBI in addition to the ED have alleged that irregularities had been dedicated whereas modifying the Delhi Excise Policy, undue favours had been prolonged to licence holders, licence price was waived or lowered and licences had been prolonged with out the competent authority’s approval.
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The beneficiaries allegedly diverted “illegal” good points to the accused officers and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection, the probe companies have alleged.
Mr. Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26, 2023, for his alleged position in the “scam”. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested the previous deputy chief minister in a money-laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023.
Mr. Sisodia resigned from the Delhi cupboard on February 28, 2023.
(With inputs from PTI)