NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a money laundering case against Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia and others to probe alleged irregularities in excise policy, according to officials.
Later in the evening, a top ED official told news agency ANI that no such case was filed against the Delhi deputy CM.
Sisodia is among 15 individuals and entities named in an FIR registered by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi government's Excise Policy 2021-22.
Earlier the CBI had carried out searches at 31 places including Sisodia's residence and premises of some bureaucrats and businessmen.
Under the CBI scanner are at least two payments worth crores of rupees allegedly made to "close associates" of Sisodia by Sameer Mahendru, the owner of Indospirits, who was one of the liquor traders actively involved in alleged irregularities.
The Delhi government withdrew the policy in July after Saxena recommended the probe.
