Excise scam: Delhi court extends judicial custody of AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam.
Special Judge M K Nagpal extended the custody of the leaders after they were produced before the court on the expiry of their judicial remand granted earlier.
The ED sought their further judicial custody, saying that the case was at a crucial stage, and if released, the accused may hamper the investigation.
The CBI had registered the case alleging that irregularities were committed while modifying the Delhi excise policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, the licence fee was waived or reduced and the L-1 licence was extended without the competent authority's approval.
The beneficiaries diverted "illegal" gains to the accused and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection.
The ED started its investigation based on a CBI case, and it is probing the money laundering part of the alleged scam.
The CBI arrested Sisodia in February 2023 and he was taken in custody from Tihar Jail by the ED in March.
Sisodia resigned as Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi following his arrest by the CBI.
Sanjay Singh was arrested in October 2023 by the ED. He was elected for a second consecutive term to Rajya Sabha in January this year.
#WATCH | Counsel for AAP MP Sanjay Singh in Delhi Excise policy case, Advocate Dr Farrukh Khan says, "ED has filed misguided & misconceived application. So, ED by filing of that application has prayed to the court that appropriate direction be passed to all accused persons that… pic.twitter.com/JAtXg0pHSN
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Manipur: Mortal remains of children killed in bomb attack handed over to family
Imphal (PTI): The mortal remains of two children, who were killed in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district in April, were handed over to family members on Saturday, officials said.
The bodies of the five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister were kept in the morgue for 25 days, as the family members had refused to accept the mortal remains, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.
On April 25, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh had appealed to the family members of the children to accept the bodies. Singh had also said that all efforts were underway to find the culprits.
The two children were killed in a bomb attack at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district on April 7. Their bodies were kept in the morgue at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.
The incident had triggered widespread violent protests in the five valley districts of Manipur, and the case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.
Hundreds of people lined up along the way to Tronglaobi to offer floral tributes, as the mortal remains were taken for the last rites in an open vehicle earlier in the day.
