New Delhi: Union I&B and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday termed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal because the kingpin of the Delhi excise coverage case. Thakur raised questions over Kejriwal’s alleged relationship with Vijay Nair, an AAP functionary arrested in Delhi Excise Policy Case. “My question is to the kingpin, who is ‘V’ & who received message that ‘V needs money’. Arvind Kejriwal, what is your relationship with Vijay Nair & was he present the policy was being drafted?…” Thakur mentioned whereas addressing media. Sisodia was arrested on February 26 by the CBI in a case associated to alleged irregularities within the framing and implementation of the excise coverage of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).
Since Sisodia’s arrest, a number of BJP leaders have alleged that Arvind Kejriwal is the kingpin of the alleged rip-off. The Enforcement Directorate had arrested Sisodia, 51, on the Tihar Jail on Thursday.
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A particular court docket despatched Sisodia to Enforcement Directorate’s custody until March 17 after the company produced him earlier than a particular court docket on Friday. ED claimed that Manish Sisodia “conspired” with others to border a defective excise coverage with a purpose to generate kickbacks and proceeds of crime to the tune of greater than Rs 290 crore.
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Sisodia, it mentioned, “Conspired with other persons and actively involved in formation of faulty policy against kickbacks…Sisodia has played role in generation, transfer, concealment of the proceeds of crime and projected the same as untainted.”
Giving a small tabular column on the word, the ED claimed whereas Rs 100 crore was acquired as “kickbacks” from the ‘South Group’ of liquor cartel, an accused firm within the case, Indospirits, made a revenue of Rs 192.8 crore which was “proceeds of crime” generated by the irregularities made within the excise coverage 2021-22.
The coverage was scrapped after the Delhi Lieutenant Governor raised a pink flag and requested the CBI to analyze. The ED took cognisance of the CBI FIR to slap a case of cash laundering in opposition to Sisodia and others.
The company additionally claimed Sisodia gave “false” statements to it throughout his questioning within the Tihar jail on March 7 and March 9. He was in judicial custody after the CBI arrested him late final month within the associated corruption case.
“On being asked about his association with Dinesh Arora (another accused), who handled the transfer of kickbacks from the South Group to Vijay Nair (AAP functionary arrested in the case), he (Sisodia) gave an answer contrary to what has been revealed by independent persons/stakeholders,” the ED alleged.
It mentioned Sisodia obtained the coverage formulated and carried out in “such a way” in order to permit unlawful positive factors to sure individuals/ entities in opposition to kickbacks.
