Manish Sisodia's bail plea in CBI case to be heard on March 21; AAP leader sent to 7-day ED custody

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court on Monday by the Enforcement Directorate. The AAP leader was arrested by the ED on Thursday after questioning him for several hours. He was arrested during his judicial custody in Tihar Jail where he was sent for two weeks earlier this week after being arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The AAP leader’s bail plea, which was expected to be heard today, will not be heard on March 21. Meanwhile, the ED had sought ten-day custody for the AAP leader. The court has now sent him to 7-day ED custody.

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We hope the ED questions LG: Manish Sisodia's lawyer

Dayan Krishnan, appearing for Manish Sisodia, attacked the Central agencies and said that it has become a fashion these days for them to make arrests. He said that what was presented at the court by the ED was actually CBI's case.

"It has become a fashion these days that the agencies take arrests as a right. It's time for the courts to come down heavily on this sense of entitlement," Mr Sisodia's lawyer Dayan Krishna said in the special court today.

"The CBI is investigating a predicate offence. What the ED stated today is in fact the CBI's case...Without the proceeds of the alleged crime, the ED can't start investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act," he said.

He further pointed out that CBI, ED should also grill Delhi Lieutenant Governor who had cleared the excise policy.  

They have not traced a single rupee to me: Manish Sisodia

During his bail hearing, the AAP leader said that not a single penny has been traced to him. "In money laundering you are expected to look at concealment, possession, use...it has to be traced ..not a single penny is traced to me. They say Vijay Nair representative of Sisodia....it is laughable. Premier investigative agency...They have not traced a single rupee to me", Krishnan said. 

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