Sisodia’s judicial custody in CBI case extended till April 3

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday extended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till April 3, by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy case.

On March 17, the court extended Sisodia’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in the same case till March 22. After the CBI arrested Sisodia on February 26, the ED also arrested him in the same case on March 9.

On March 6, Special Judge MK Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Court sent Sisodia to 14 days of judicial custody in CBI case, which expired on Monday. He is lodged in the Tihar Jail.

EXCISE POLICY CASE: COURT SENDS BIZMAN PILLAI TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY

ADelhi court on Monday sent Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai to judicial custody in connection with the 2021-22 Delhi excise policy case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate. Last week, Special Judge MK Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Courts had extended Pillai’s ED remand till Monday after noting that the probe agency has gathered some new details after confronting Pillai with Butchi Babu Gorantla, a Hyderabad-based chartered accountant, on March 15. The ED had earlier informed the court that Pillai needs to be confronted with Magunta Reddy, also an accused. On March 16, the agency’s request for prolonged remand was contested by Pillai’s lawyer.