New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s pleas seeking bail in the Delhi excise policy case. He has been incarcerated since February 2023.
The CBI arrested Manish Sisodia on February 26, 2023, for his alleged role in the liquor policy case. In March 2023, the Enforcement Directorate arrested him in the money laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR.
Manish Sisodia, who was Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s deputy, resigned from his posts soon after his arrest.
Manish Sisodia was arrested months after a CBI probe was ordered into the scrapped Delhi liquor policy.
The central agencies have accused AAP and its leaders of accepting kickbacks amounting to ₹100 crore from a group of liquor businessmen in return for favouring them in granting liquor licenses in the national capital. They also accuse AAP leaders of funnelling ₹45 crore to their 2022 Goa election campaign through hawala channels.