The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday rejected the bail petitions of five accused who were arrested in the money laundering probe emerging out of the Delhi government's now scrapped excise policy.
The Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday sent businessman Gautam Malhotra, son of former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Deep Malhotra, to judicial custody for 14 days in the Delhi excise policy case.
Rajesh Joshi was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its ongoing probe into Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 money laundering case.
Businessman Vijay Nair approached the Delhi High Court alleging that the sensitive information related to his case is being leaked to the media by the CBI and ED and it is prejudicing his right as an accused.
Chugh said media reports suggest that a liquor nexus mafia comprising Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sateyndra Jain and K. Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister KCR, operated in Delhi to extort money running into crores of rupees.
The investigation by ED revealed that acts of corruption and conspiracy in the formulation and implementation of Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 led to the loss of at least Rs 2,873 crore to the government exchequer.
A new political fracas came to the fore on Tuesday as BJP Spokesperson Rachana Reddy slammed TRS MLC K Kavitha and said that the latter was trying to gather women's support a day after her interrogation by the investigative agency for her alleged involvement in the liquor scam.
Sanjay also attacked Telangana legislator K Kavitha, daughter of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for his alleged involvement in revamped Delhi Liquor scam.
The YSRCP leader was responding to reports that his name was mentioned in the remand report of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam and claimed that he does not know how his name is included in the probe.
"We are not scared of anything...We welcome the agencies, and we will absolutely cooperate with them...but tell us what you (the Modi government) did for Telangana?" she said. The TRS leader was responding to reports that her name was mentioned in the remand report of the Enforcement Directo