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AAP leader and Delhi’s former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to be produced before Rouse Avenue Court on expiry of 7 days ED custody in money laundering registered in connection with excise policy for the year 2021-22.

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Sisodia is already in judicial custody in the CBI FIR.

ED has alleged that the excise policy was implemented as part of a conspiracy to give wholesale business profit of 12% to certain private companies.

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While remanding him to ED custody, the court observed that Sisodia was instrumental at every state in the formulation and implementation of excise policy and that his arrest in the money laundering registered was justified.

Manish Sisodia has been produced in the courtroom. Special Judge MK Nagpal has not presided yet.

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The judge has presided.

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Zoheb Hossain appears for ED.

Hossain: We've taken multiple statements of Sisodia and confronted him with three persons, including Excise Commissioner and an IAS officer who was present in all GOMs.

Zoheb says Sisodia has to be confronted with one of the individuals.

Hossain: When we put to him about change of phone, he was unable to answer where the phone is currently and when it was disposed of.

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Hossain: We've to satisfy two things for seeking remand. What we've done and what further needs to be done.

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Senior Advocate Mohit Mathur appears for Sisodia.

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Mathur: All these agencies just a day before, cosmetic work is done. Change of phone was part of CBI remand, was part of their remand application. Same tabulation, same numbers are mentioned. They need to justify further remand.

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Mathur: Entire points they mentioned are regarding what CBI investigated in liquor scam, as per them. One agency has taken email dump and interrogated me in October. Did it take them so much time to again take mail dump and seek remand again?

Mathur: August 2022 ECIR is registered. My computer is seized, investigated, forensics done by one agency. Now other agency wants to replicate whole process again. Each of these agencies are under Code of themselves. Sir, you're the custodian of my liberty, it's in your hands.

Mathur: They've to show proceeds of crime and how am I involved in it. If they investigate for seven months and then come to court seeking my remand then they've to do something. That is why I've moved this application opposing remand.

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Mathur: They need to tell court what they've done on the aspect of proceeds of crime. Are they proxy agency of CBI? They've to show proceeds of crime, not the crime. CBI calls same people and so do these people.

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Mathur: Where is the justification? I can't see.

Senior Advocate Siddharth Aggarwal for Sisodia.

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Hossain: Huge mail data, mobile data all of that is being forensically analyzed.

Aggarwal: The email dump etc it's not as if received from me now.

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Aggarwal: Please note, on March 15, Mr. Dinesh Arora....he was in ED office. Never brought in front of me. Now told he will be called on 17.

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Sisodia interacts with court on interrogation conducted by ED: Addha ghanta ya ek ghanta puchke fir break deke, fir ek ghanta overall rehta hain.

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Sisodia: Yesterday only it was till late.

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Mathur: Agar 18-19 ko meri zaroort nahi hai, toh send me to Judicial custody and then call me back.

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Court reserves order on extension of Sisodia's ED remand in money laundering case. Order to be pronounced shortly.

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