Excise 'scam': AAP leader Manish Sisodia's judicial custody extended
New Delhi, May 21: A Delhi court on Tuesday extended till May 31 the judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja extended Sisodia's custody after the expiry of his judicial custody granted earlier.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on March 9 last year arrested the former deputy chief minister of Delhi in the liquor policy case.
Sisodia was arrested by the CBI earlier in its ongoing investigation of a case related to the alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).
He is currently in judicial custody in both cases.
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UP: Bareilly man throws acid on woman, family after marriage proposal rejected
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A man allegedly threw acid on a married woman and her family members after she turned down his marriage proposal, police said.
The incident took place in the Shergarh area on Saturday, leaving the woman, her husband and two children injured.
The police said the family was sleeping in the verandah of their house when the accused allegedly entered through the roof and threw the acid on them through a mosquito net.
Circle Officer, Mirganj, said, "Shergarh police received information around 6 am that four members of a family had suffered burn injuries after a flammable substance was thrown on them."
He said police found during the investigation that the accused, Umesh Kashyap, allegedly wanted to marry the woman despite being married himself.
After she refused to marry him, Kashyap allegedly tried to throw a flammable substance on Devi. In this process, other members of the family also suffered injuries, the officer said.
The injured were taken to the Shergarh Community Health Centre, from where one of them was referred to the district hospital, police said.
An FIR has been registered, and teams have been formed to arrest the accused, they added.
