A high court sent Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh to custody till October 10, 2023, in connection with the now scrapped Delhi excise policy or liquor scam case on Thursday.Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Sanjay Singh after a day-long questioning by the ED officials at his Delhi residence.The Special Judge MK Nagpal decided to send Sanjay Singh to 5-days ED remand after submissions made by ED and Defense. During arguments, ED Advocates Zohaib Hossain and Naveen Kumar Matta stated that searches were conducted yesterday and the statement was also recorded. #WATCH | Delhi: On the arrest of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Somnath Bharti, AAP leader and advocate, says, …Today it was told in court that they (ED) did not follow due process of law… Neither notice nor summons were sent…It is very unfortunate that the Modi government is taking… pic.twitter.com/vBn18MQFM6— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2023 Around 239 places were searched, and documents were found. ED further submitted that an employee of Dinesh Arora allegedly delivered Rs 2 crores to Sanjay Singhs house on two occasions.During the hearing, Sanjay Singh in person spoke to the Judge and said, “Sach Ghate ya bade, sach na rahe, Jhoot ki koi intehaan nahi, main itna unknown toh nahi hua ki Amit Arora ko mera naam yaad ni aaya. Dinesh Arora ko bhi Sanjay Singh ka naam yaad ni aaya. Aachank inhone kya kiya ki mera naam yaad aa gaya.”“Main apse agry karta hu ki Agar inke aaropo me ek percent bhi sachayi hai to mujhe sakht se sakht saza di Jaye. Mujhe ek baar bhi summon ni kiya gaya, mere liye alag kanoon” Singh added. Sanjay Singh is the third key leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Satyendra Jain and Manish Sisodia to be arrested in the case.The federal agency on Wednesday morning undertook a raid at the residence of Sanjay Singh in connection with the now-cancelled liquor excise policy in Delhi. The development followed closely on the heels of the EDs raid on the premises belonging to two of Sanjay Singhs close aides in the same context..@AAPTNs huge protest in Chennai against MP @SanjayAzadSlns illegal arrest.#AdaniKaNaukarModi pic.twitter.com/cesn3aPYch— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) October 5, 2023 As per the allegations, the Excise Department had decided to refund the Earnest Money Deposit of about Rs 30 crore to a successful tenderer against the set rules. Even though there was no enabling provision, a waiver on tendered licence fees was allowed from December 28, 2021, to January 27, 2022, due to COVID-19. This allegedly caused a loss of Rs 144.36 crore to the exchequer, which has been instituted on a reference from the Union Home Ministry following a recommendation from Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.With ANI inputs
