The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday filed a charge sheet against AAP MP Sanjay Singh in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. This is a supplementary charge sheet in this case as the agency had filed about five such complaints earlier.
The prosecution complaint has been filed before a local court under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the money laundering case attached to the Delhi excise policy case.
The anti-corruption agency had alleged that an accused businessman Dinesh Arora gave Rs 2 crore in cash at the Rajya Sabha MP’s residence in two tranches, allegations vehemently refused by Singh.
Singh was arrested in October by the ED in connection with its money laundering probe linked to the 2021-22 Delhi Excise policy case. He was the second high-profile leader after Manish Sisodia, a former deputy chief minister, to be held in this case.
An investigation by the ED has revealed that Arora has given Rs 2 crore cash at Singh’s house on two occasions — Rs 1 crore each time — the agency alleged in its remand application.
The period when the cash was allegedly given was between August 2021 and April 2022.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has called Sisodia and Singh’s arrests in the case a “political witch-hunt.”
Meanwhile, former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia last week moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order denying him bail in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
The top court refused to grant him bail, saying the accusation against him of facilitating “windfall gains” of Rs 338 crore to wholesale liquor dealers was “tentatively supported” by evidence.
(With PTI inputs)
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