Delhi court sends AAP MP Sanjay Singh to 14 days judicial custody

A Delhi court on Friday sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh to 14 days of judicial custody in the money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy..Special judge MK Nagpal remanded Singh to judicial custody after his police custody ended today..Notably, Singh moved the Delhi High Court earlier today challenging his arrest and remand by the ED..Singh, who is also a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 4 following a search conducted at his residence. On October 5, he was remanded to ED custody till October 10. On October 10, the court extended his remand till today.The ED has alleged that Singh played a key role in framing and implementing a now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy which was allegedly aimed at benefiting certain liquor manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers..Singh's arrest marks the third high-profile arrest of an AAP leader in the excise policy case.AAP communications in-charge Vijay Nair was arrested in September 2022. Later, former Deputy Chief Minster of Delhi and AAP leader Manish Sisodia was arrested in February 2023. Both are still behind bars.Singh's arrest came after the court allowed businessmen Dinesh Arora and Raghav Magunta Reddy to become approvers in the case. Both Arora and Reddy were also accused in the case.Arora is said to have told the ED that he met Singh, who introduced him to Sisodia. The ED further quoted Arora as saying that he spoke to many restaurant owners on the request of Singh and arranged cheques amounting to ₹82 lakh, which were handed over to Sisodia for the collection of party funds.The ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered cases in relation to the alleged excise policy scam after Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena recommended a CBI probe based on a report by the Delhi Chief Secretary.