July 7th 2023.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Dinesh Arora, a close aide of jailed AAP leader Manish Sisodia, on Friday, July 7th in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam money laundering case. In November 2022, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) moved a plea in Delhi court under 306 Crpc to make Arora, one of the accused, a witness in the Delhi Excise Policy case. This ultimately resulted in Arora becoming an approver in the case.
The CBI registered a case in the Excise Policy scam in August 2022 and issued a Lookout Circular against eight private persons who were named as accused. Among the accused were AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, the then Excise Commissioner Arva Gopi Krishna, Deputy Commissioner Anand Tiwari and Assistant Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar.
The remaining accused included Manoj Rai, a former employee of Pernod Ricard, Amandeep Dhal, director of Brindco Sales, Sameer Mahendru, managing director of Indospirit Group, Buddy Retail and its director Amit Arora, Dinesh Arora, Mahadev Liquors, its authorised signatory Sunny Marwah and Arjun Pandey.
On Thursday, the ED filed a fresh chargesheet in court naming Manish Sisodia as an accused in the Delhi Excise Policy case. This is yet another development in the ongoing investigation of the Excise Policy scam in the Delhi area.
The ED's efforts to uncover and prosecute those involved in the Excise Policy scam is an important step towards ensuring justice is served. More updates on the case are expected in the following days.
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