BJP won't be able to stop development in Delhi: Manish Sisodia

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with the liquor policy said on Monday that no matter how hard the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP tries no development work will stop in the national capitalNeither the work of Patparganj nor of Delhi will stop No matter how hard BJP people try no work of Delhi will stop Sisodia said while being taken out from the Rouse Avenue CourtSisodia was on Monday produced in Delhis Rouse Avenue Court at the end of his judicial remand in the Enforcement Directorate ED case in connection with the Delhi excise policySpecial Judge MK Nagpal on Monday extended Manish Sisodias judicial custody in the ED case till May 23 2023Meanwhile the court has also allowed application by Manish Sisodias legal team to obtain and sign certain documents for approving the disbursement of funds for development work in his constituencyOn May 6 Delhis Rouse Avenue Court was apprised by the Enforcement Directorate ED that a proceed of the crime of around Rs 622 crore has been generated due to the alleged activities of the present accused Manish Sisodia The agency was submitted before the court during a hearing on a charge sheet against former deputy CM Manish SisodiaSpecial judge MK Nagpal had listed the matter for consideration on May 10ED apprised the court that the hard copy of the supplementary charge sheet has been filedThe federal agency on May 4 2023 filed a supplementary chargesheet against Manish Sisodia in the Delhi excise policy case The supplementary chargesheet was filed by special public prosecutor Naveen Kumar MattaThe supplementary charge has more than 2100 pages The operating part has 271 pages The charge has been filed within the stipulated period of 60 daysAlso Read AAP demands apology from BJP for defaming Kejriwal over Delhi excise policy caseSisodia was arrested by the ED in this case on March 9 Earlier he was arrested by the CBI on February 26 He is the 29th accused arrested in this caseThe CBI has already filed the charge sheet in the matterRecently Sisodia moved regular and interim bail pleas both in the High Court He moved interim bail on the basis of his wifes illness and sought six weeks bail in thatThe High Court records theres a plea for interim bail also on the grounds of illness of his wifeThe Rouse Avenue Court last week dismissed the bail plea of Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case related to the excise case stating that this case of economic offences having serious repercussions upon the general public and society at large as the evidence collected during investigation speaks volumes of his involvement in the commission of the said offenceCourt also noted that some evidence was also alleged to have surfaced during the investigation to show that some part of the kickback or bribe amount received from South lobby was spent or utilized in connection with the election campaign of the Aam Aadmi Party AAP in Goa Further some cash payments through hawala channels were alleged to have been sent to Goa for bearing the said expenses and even some fake invoices were alleged to have been created as a coverup for the cash amounts transferred through hawala channelsIt was stated that the above cash transfers were made as per instructions of the coaccused Vijay Nair who was the representative of the applicant and also the media incharge of AAP He was allegedly looking after the work related to said elections He also allegedly roped in a company named Chariot Productions Media Pvt Ltd owned by the coaccused Rajesh Joshi to do the electionrelated advertising work and other jobs for the party during said elections noted the courtThe Enforcement Directorate on March 9 arrested former Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy case after hours of questioning at Tihar JailSisodia was arrested by the CBI earlier in its ongoing investigation of a case related to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the National Capital Territory of Delhi GNCTDThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever