AAP MP Sanjay Singh Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Arrest, ED Remand In Liquor Policy Case

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Friday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest by and remand to the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case related to the liquor policy scam.

Singh’s lawyer mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula, which was allowed for today.

The counsel said that the arrest is being challenged as the grounds of arrest were not given to Singh by the probe agency.

Singh is presently in ED custody which is expiring today. He will be produced before Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court today at 2 PM.

The AAP leader was arrested on October 4 by the Enforcement Directorate. This was after searches were conducted at his residence in the national capital. Singh is the third AAP leader to be arrested in the matter.

He was remanded to five days of ED custody which was later extended by three days more.

The raids were conducted by ED at Singh’s residence after he was named by businessman Dinesh Arora, accused in the case, who later turned approver in both ED and CBI cases.

ED alleges that an employee of Dinesh Arora delivered Rs. 2 crores to Sanjay Singh's house on two occasions and the agency has to confront the AAP leader with digital evidence.

ED has alleged that the excise policy was implemented as part of a conspiracy to give wholesale business profit of 12% to certain private companies. It has said that such a stipulation was not mentioned in the minutes of meetings of Group of Ministers (GoM).

The agency also alleges that there was a conspiracy which was coordinated by Vijay Nair and other individuals along with South Group to give extraordinary profit margin to wholesalers. It was contended that Nair was acting on behalf of Sisodia.