Delhi Excise Policy: ED files first charge sheet in money laundering case, charge sheet of three thousand pages

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed the first charge sheet in the court in the Delhi Excise Policy case. In this, the ED has named liquor baron Sameer Mahendru in the alleged money laundering case. Two other persons are also mentioned in the charge sheet of about 3000 pages. However, the name of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia does not figure in the list. CBI has also filed its first charge sheet in this case.

The charge sheet was filed under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the charge sheet filed before a local court in the national capital, the agency said. Indospirits promoter and managing director Sameer Mahendru was arrested by the ED on September 27 this year. He was the first person to be arrested in this case.

The ED has so far conducted 169 search operations in the Delhi Liquor Policy matter after taking cognizance of the FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the recommendation of Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. In this case, the agency has so far arrested a total of five people. The 60-day deadline for the ED to file the charge sheet was ending on November 26. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal targeted the BJP by tweeting. He said, Manish ji's name is not there in the charge sheet of ED.