ED seeks 10-day remand of Manish Sisodia in money laundering case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday sought 10 days remand of Delhi's former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who is already in Tihar jail in the alleged liquor scam.

The special CBI court in Rouse Avenue court complex ordered to produce Sisodia at 2 pm.

ED arrested the senior AAP leader on Thursday on money laundering charges in connection with alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.

Sisodia is already in Tihar jail here after he was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a CBI court on March 6 in a related case lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy for 2021-22. He was arrested by the CBI on February 26.

The arrest of the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) leader by the ED came a day before the expected hearing of his bail plea before the CBI court on Friday.

Official sources said Sisodia was placed under arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following his second round of questioning at the Tihar jail.

The ED alleged Sisodia was "evasive" in his replies and was "not cooperating" in the probe and hence was arrested.