New Delhi, May 2 (). A Delhi court on Monday took cognizance of two supplementary chargesheets filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.
Rouse Avenue Court’s Special Judge M.K. Nagpal took note of the prosecution complaints filed recently against accused Arun Ramachandra Pillai, Rajesh Joshi, Amandeep Dhal, Gautam Malhotra and Raghav Magunta and related entities.
The court has summoned him for May 10.
The judge said that there is enough evidence in the charge sheet. The court also said that further investigation is on in the matter.
While the judge said that the matter is still being further investigated, it said that the charge sheet contains sufficient evidence.
ED’s special public prosecutor NK Matta informed the court that the agency would file a supplementary charge sheet as soon as the investigation is complete.
The probe agency filed a prosecution complaint against businessmen Arun Ramachandra Pillai and Amandeep Dhall and a supplementary chargesheet against three persons Raghav Magunta, Rajesh Joshi, and Gautam Malhotra and five related companies.
On April 29, the court had extended the custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till May 8 in this case.
Judge Nagpal had on April 27 denied bail to Sisodia, saying the evidence, prima facie, spoke a lot about his involvement in the crime.
The court had earlier extended Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 12 in the case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
SGK
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