Excise scam: Sisodia moves Delhi court seeking interim bail for election campaigning
New Delhi (PTI): AAP leader Manish Sisodia, who has been arrested by the CBI and ED in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam case, on Friday moved a court here seeking interim bail for poll campaigning.
Special Judge for the CBI and ED, Kaveri Baweja, is likely to take up the application for hearing later in the day.
The CBI as well as the ED have alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Delhi excise policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, licence fee was waived or reduced and licences were extended without the competent authority's approval.
The beneficiaries allegedly diverted "illegal" gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection, the probe agencies have alleged.
The former deputy chief minister was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 26, 2023, for his alleged role in the "scam". The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Sisodia in a money-laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023.
Sisodia resigned from the Delhi cabinet on February 28, 2023.
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Charge sheet filed against MLA Harish Poonja for post terming CM Siddaramaiah as "Collection Master"
Belthangadi: The Belthangadi police have filed a charge sheet against MLA Harish Poonja in a case involving a derogatory social media post that referred to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as "Collection Master."
The case began after Belthangadi Congress leader Shekhar Kukkedi filed a complaint on October 26, 2023, alleging that Poonja's social media account had uploaded posts to insult Siddaramaiah. The post featured photos of the Chief Minister's residence and office, along with the defamatory label. The police registered the case under s. 504 and s. 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Following a detailed investigation, including obtaining reports from social media platform about the post, the police submitted the charge sheet in the Bengaluru People's Representative Court on September 12, 2024.
