Delhi liquorgate: ED files over 2,100-page chargesheet against Manish Sisodia
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a fresh chargesheet in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy scam. According to News18, the supplementary complaint names former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia as the 29th accused. The chargesheet consists of 271 operative pages, along with 2,100 pages of documents upon which the agency's investigation relied.
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Delhi High Court seeks ED's response to Sisodia's bail plea
Earlier on Thursday, the Delhi High Court sought the ED's response to a bail plea by Sisodia within a week. Notably, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, who was arrested by the agency on March 9 and remains in judicial custody, filed a regular bail plea as well as an interim bail application on grounds of the illness of his wife.
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