Delhi Liquor Policy Case: Court extends Sisodia's judicial custody in ED case till May 23

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Monday Manish Sisodia's judicial custody in the Enforcement Directorate case of excise policy matter till May 23.

This comes after ED on Saturday submitted before the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi that due to activities of the present accused Manish Sisodia as Excise Minister, a proceed of the crime of Rs 622 crores was generated in the case related to the excise policy, reported news agency ANI.

Sisodia was arrested by the ED in this case on March 9 from Tihar Jail and he is currently in judicial custody.

The 51-year-old Aam Aadmi Party leader was first arrested by the CBI, which is also probing this case.

The agency has called Sisodia a "key conspirator" in this case.

The federal agency has arrested 12 people including Sisodia in this case till now, in which it has said, the probe is continuing.

It is alleged that the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP.

The policy was subsequently scrapped and the Delhi lieutenant governor recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered a case under the PMLA.