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Sources said after conducting a search at the house of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s PA, ED officials picked him up for questioning, although he was not arrested.
Sources said after conducting a search at his home, ED officials picked up Sisodia’s PA for questioning, although he was not arrested. “We have conducted a search at his home and picked him up for questioning in connection with destruction of evidence. But we have not made his arrest so far,” sources said.
What is the money laundering case?
The money laundering probe was launched by the ED on the Delhi government’s liquor policy, which came into effect in November 2021.
The ED case, which was registered in September, is based on an FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in August. The CBI had booked Sisodia, three excise department officials, and several vendors and distributors among the 15 accused it had arraigned in its FIR.
On July 8, Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar submitted a report to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, accusing Sisodia of providing undue benefits to liquor vend licensees in lieu of “kickbacks” and “commissions”, which were allegedly used by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Punjab Assembly elections in February.
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