Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh was arrested by ED on Wednesday in Delhi's alleged liquor scam case, till now 22 arrests have been made in this case including Sanjay Singh, former Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia is also in jail in the same case. . It is believed that Sanjay Singh has been arrested on the statement of Dinesh Arora, accused in the case.
On Wednesday, ED also arrested Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh in the alleged liquor scam case of Delhi. This was the 22nd arrest in the case. In this case, former Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia is already in jail. It is believed that ED has taken this action on the testimony of businessman Dinesh Arora, who himself is an accused in this case and is currently on bail.
The liquor scam case first came to light in the month of July last year. When Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar's report was submitted to LG VK Saxena. On the recommendation of VK Saxena, CBI entered this case and gradually the layers of this alleged scam started being revealed. Gradually, new characters kept coming to the fore and their arrests also kept happening, so far 22 arrests have been made in the case including Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, it is believed that in the coming time, ED will also make other arrests in this case. Can.
What is Delhi's liquor scam?
The Delhi government had implemented a new liquor policy in the state in November 2021. Under the policy, 32 zones were created in Delhi, 27 shops were to be opened in each zone, apart from this, all the liquor shops were made private. The government's argument was that by doing this there would be a profit of about Rs 3500 crore and the mafia rule would end. After the new excise policy, the government admitted that despite high sales, there has been a loss in revenue. Only after this, allegations of irregularities in the new policy started. After this, Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar submitted the report to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena which led to the entry of CBI in the case and arrests were made one after the other.
This is how the arrests started
In August 2022, CBI registered a case in the excise matter, in which former Excise Commissioner AG Krishna, former Deputy Excise Commissioner Anand Tiwari and former Assistant Excise Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar and businessmen Amit Arora, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey were made accused. It was alleged in the charge sheet that with the help of these officers, money was collected from businessmen and diverted. Money laundering came to light in the case and the Enforcement Directorate i.e. ED also entered into such liquor scam case. Vijay Nair was the first arrested in the case, after which liquor baron Sameer Mahendru was arrested the next day. After this Abhishek Boinpalli was arrested. Since the excise department was with Sisodia, he was considered the main accused. After continuous raids and several hours of interrogation, the then Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia was arrested on 26 February 2023.
This is how Sanjay Singh's name came
ED had detained businessman Dinesh Arora in the month of July this year in the investigation of liquor scam case, it is believed that the testimony of Dinesh Arora became the reason for the arrest of Sanjay Singh. In fact, in the statement given to ED, Dinesh Arora said that - 'In 2020, I had received a call from Sanjay Singh that elections were going to be held in Delhi and money was needed, after this, during a party in a restaurant, he met former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. Met up'. In the charge sheet filed by ED, it was told that Dinesh Arora, after talking to restaurant and bar owners, gave Rs 82 lakh to Manish Sisodia for party fund.
22 arrests have been made so far, 3 government witnesses
As the investigation into the Delhi liquor scam progressed, new characters kept coming to the fore. Businessman Vijay Nair, Sameer Mahendru, Amit Arora, Raghav Matunga, P Sharat Reddy, Abhishek Bonapalli, Buchi Babu, Vinayak Babu, Gautam Malhotra, Rajesh Jeshi were made accused, they were also arrested, three accused Dinesh Arora, Raghav Matunga and Sharat Reddy. Have become government witnesses. A total of 22 arrests have been made in this case so far, including Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh. It is believed that names of other businessmen may also come to light in the case.
Hearing will be held today in the cases of 4 leaders of Aam Aadmi Party
Cases related to 4 big leaders of Aam Aadmi Party will be heard in different courts of Delhi on Thursday, in which Sanjay Singh, arrested by ED in excise policy, will be presented in Rouse Avenue Court tomorrow. Apart from this, the bail plea of Manish Sisodia arrested in the excise case will be heard in the Supreme Court tomorrow. Apart from this, the hearing on the petition demanding transfer of ED and CBI cases against former minister Satyendar Jain, arrested in corruption and money laundering cases, to another court will be held in Rouse Avenue Court. Apart from this, the petition filed against the notice of Rajya Sabha Secretariat to vacate the government bungalow of AAP MP Raghav Chadha will be heard in Patiala House Court.
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