The court decides to keep Sisodia in prison until April 26

Manish Sisodia, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and a former deputy chief minister, had his judicial detention extended by a Delhi court on Thursday till April 26 in relation to a money laundering case involving the purported Delhi excise policy scandal.

Sisodia was brought before the court after his last judicial custody expired, and Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts prolonged his judicial custody.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have both claimed that anomalies transpired during the revision of the Delhi excise policy.

April 26 is also the expiration date of Sisodia’s judicial custody in the corruption case that the CBI filed about the purported scheme.

The Delhi Excise Policy 2020–21 was allegedly modified irregularly, unfair advantages were given to license holders, the license cost was lowered or waived, and licenses were renewed without the consent of the appropriate authorities, according to allegations made by the CBI and the ED.

The CBI took Sisodia into custody on February 26, 2023. After interviewing him in Tihar Jail, the ED on March 9, 2023, arrested him in connection with the money laundering case that resulted from the CBI FIR. The Delhi cabinet accepted his resignation on February 28, 2023.

The recipients allegedly fabricated entries in their bank records to evade discovery and transferred illegal proceeds to the authorities under investigation, according to the investigative agencies.