The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a bail plea by AAP MP Sanjay Singh, arrested in a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy 'scam'. The directive came after senior advocate Mohit Mathur, appearing for Singh, submitted that the senior AAP leader has been in custody for the last three months and no role has been attributed to him in the predicate offense.
It has been reported that Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued the notice to the federal financial investigation agency and listed the matter for further hearing on January 29.
About the case against MP Sanjay Singh
The Rajya Sabha member, arrested by the ED on October 4 last year, has challenged a trial court's December 22 order dismissing his bail plea in the money laundering case.
According to ED, Singh played a key role in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped excise policy, which benefited certain liquor manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, for monetary consideration.
The trial court had observed that he was connected with the "proceeds of crime to the extent of Rs 2 crore" and the case against him was "genuine".
The CBI registered an FIR over alleged corruption following a recommendation by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena.
The trial court had said the Enforcement Directorate's "basic case" was "approved" by the Supreme Court, which had also "endorsed" that bribes or kickbacks were paid for the formulation of the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22.
It had rejected the submissions of Singh that he cannot be made an accused in the money laundering case as he was not named in the main FIR by the CBI.
