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New Delhi: On Friday, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on extended the judicial custody of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh till November 10, 2023. Currently, he was in jail in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor scam. Earlier, he was produced in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court today.
Special Judge MK Nagpal also allowed Singh to sign certain cheques for his family expenses as well as his work as a Member of Parliament. Before appearing in court for hearing, the AAP MP said that the fight against those in power will continue. The Aam Aadmi Party leader has claimed that he has been arrested as part of a conspiracy by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The judge also directed the jail authorities concerned to ensure proper treatment for Singh, including by his private doctor.He was arrested by ED in connection with the Delhi Excise policy case, on October 4. Singh was brought to the court earlier today after the end of his judicial custody period.
He was earlier sent to judicial custody on October 13 till today. Special Judge MK Nagpal had ordered Singh to be sent to jail after the probe agency produced him before the court on the expiry of his ED custody. On October 20, Delhi High Court had rejected the petition challenging the remand and arrest of Sanjay Singh.
The AAP leader said a ‘clear case’ is made out against him. The AAP leader had earlier told the high court that his arrest was illegal, malicious and a “classic case of subversion of power”, and hence he should be released. ED’s money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR.
According to CBI and ED, irregularities were committed while revising the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 and undue benefits were extended to license holders. The Delhi government had implemented the excise policy on November 17, 2021, but scrapped it in late September 2022 amid corruption allegations.
