Tihar officials to take Sanjay Singh to Parliament on March 19 for oath-taking ceremony as Rajya Sabha member

The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi has directed the Tihar Jail Superintendent concerned to ensure Aam Aadmi Party Leader Sanjay Singh be taken to Parliament on March 19 2024 under adequate security for the purpose of making and subscribing to an oath as a Member of Parliament Rajya SabhaSanjay Singh is presently in judicial custody and was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the nowscrapped Delhi excise policyThe Special Judge MK Nagpal in an order passed on March 16 2024 stated that during this visit the accused Sanjay Singh shall not be permitted to use any mobile phone and talk with any other accused suspector witness of this case as well as of the connected case of CBI and he shall also not be permitted to address the press or hold any public meetingHowever he may be permitted to meet his counsel as well as his family members during the said visit the Court stated The court earlier in February had also granted permission for the purpose but the oath could not be administered to him due to certain reasonsAccording to the Enforcement Directorate Sanjay Singh was then involved in acquiring possessing concealing dissipating and using proceeds of crime generated from the Delhi Liquor Scam pertaining to the policy period of 202122In this case Bharat Rashtra Samithi BRS MLC K Kavitha was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate and the concerned court has sent her to custodial remand till March 23 2024She was arrested by the ED team on Friday in Hyderabad and later brought to Delhi in the matterKavitha was arrested after a daylong questioning followed by a raid at her Hyderabad residenceED has filed its first chargesheet in the case The agency said it has so far undertaken nearly 200 search operations in this case after filing FIR taking cognisance of a CBI case which was registered on the recommendation of the Delhi Lieutenant GovernorThe CBI inquiry was recommended based on the findings of the Delhi Chief Secretarys report filed in July showing prima facie violations of the GNCTD Act 1991 Transaction of Business Rules ToBR1993 Delhi Excise Act2009 and Delhi Excise Rules2010 officials saidThe ED and the CBI had alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Excise Policy undue favours were extended to licence holders the licence fee was waived or reduced and the L1 licence was extended without the competent authoritys approval The beneficiaries diverted illegal gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection the probe agencies saidAs per the allegations the Excise Department had decided to refund the Earnest Money Deposit of about Rs 30 crore to a successful tenderer against the set rulesEven though there was no enabling provision a waiver on tendered licence fees was allowed from December 28 2021 to January 27 2022 due to COVID19 the probe agency said and there was an alleged loss of Rs 14436 crore to the exchequerThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever