New Delhi, August 24: The Enforcement Directorate has denied filing any money laundering case against Delhi DCM Manish Sisodia. This comes hours after ED was reported to have registered a money laundering case against Sisodia and several others to probe charges of alleged irregularities in Delhi excise policy. Now the top officials of ED has denied the move.
ANI news agency clarified stating the report was published after Additional Director Enforcement Directorate Sonia Narang confirmed on record about registering a money laundering case against Sisodia.
A case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was registered after the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the CBI and evidence revealed proceeds of crime generated through tweaking the Excise Policy, the report said.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh termed the change in stance as “humiliating” and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologise to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal admitting he made a fake case against Manish Sisodia. “This is just getting humiliating. Modi ji, here’s a suggestion, there is still time to apologize to Arvind Kejriwal admitting that you made a mistake by making a fake case against Manish Sisodia,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is among the 15 individuals and entities named in the FIR registered by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi government’s Excise Policy 2021-22.
