Delhi court reserves order on ED plea seeking Sisodia’s custody

New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday reserved an order on the Enforcement Directorate plea seeking 10-day custodial interrogation of former Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia in the excise policy scam case.
Also Read Delhi court lists Sisodia’s bail plea for March 21 This comes after Sisodia was presented before the court at 2 pm today after he was arrested by ED yesterday after hours of questioning in Tihar Jail where the AAP leader is lodged.
During the hearing, senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan, appearing for Manish Sisodia, opposed ED plea seeking Sisodia’s 10-day custody.
The agency said that it is seeking 10-day custody to interrogate Manish Sisodia to identify the modus operandi and to confront other persons who have been summoned.
The ED told the court that Manish Sisodia had purchased SIM cards and mobile phones in other people’s names.
There was a conspiracy behind framing the excise policy. The conspiracy was coordinated by Vijay Nair, along with others and the Excise policy was brought out for extraordinary profit margin for wholesalers, ED argued in the court.