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Singh has moved the high court challenging his arrest and remand by the ED in a case related to the excise policy scam case. He was arrested on October 4 by the ED in the money laundering case
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Friday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest and ED remand, in a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy scam.
The matter was urgently listed before a division bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma.
Court allowed the matter for listing today, i..e October 13.
Singh is currently in judicial custody, which is expiring today. He will be produced before the Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court. Notably, on October 10, the Judge extended remand of Singh to Directorate of Enforcement (ED) custody further till Friday i.e. October 13.
The trial court had directed Singh not to give an interview to the media while being produced and also asked the press not to ask him questions. The judge had said, "Talking to the media while appearing in court creates a security problem".
Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) NK Matta had submitted that there was a transaction of Rs. 200 crore, in two tranches and it had been delivered to Singh. The same was confirmed by Dinesh Arora (accused, who turned approver). He had also submitted that searches were conducted yesterday and statements had also been recorded. "A total of 239 places were searched and documents have been found. We have to confront him with digital evidence", he had added.
Background
Singh was arrested on October 4 by the ED in the money laundering case. According to reports, Singh was taken into custody after day-long searches on his residence. This is the third high-profile arrest in the case.
The AAP MP was arrested a day after, a Delhi Court allowed Raghav Magunta son of YSR Congress MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and businessman Dinesh Arora, both accused in the case to "turn approvers".
In the Prosecution complaint filed by the ED, Sanjay Singh's name appears in a statement by Arora.
Arora and Magunta were arrested by the agency earlier this year and are out on bail. Besides the two, businessman and AAP's communication in-charge Vijay Nair was also arrested in September 2022, and former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was arrested in February, this year.
Case Title: Sanjay Singh v. Union of India & Anr.
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