The agency had sought his custody for 10 days

The agency had sought his custody for 10 days

The agency had sought his custody for 10 days

A Delhi court, on Thursday, sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, who was arrested in the Delhi excise policy case, to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till October 10.

Singh was arrested by the ED on Wednesday in connection with its money laundering probe linked to the 2021-22 Delhi excise policy case. The ED had sought 10 days of custody of the AAP leader.

Senior advocate Mohit Mathur, who appeared for Singh, argued that 10 days is an "absurd proposition for someone who was not involved at all."

Mathur contended that the approver in the case, Dinesh Arora, may have implicated Singh to secure his freedom. "Look at the changing stand of Dinesh Arora. He gives statements in March and April. He was granted bail and then his tune changes. You don't want to call me for an investigation. You want to humiliate me by arresting."

However, the ED argued that the claim that Dinesh Arora gave the statements on inducement is completely baseless.

Singh personally addressed the court and sought to know why the approvers chose to implicate him all of a sudden. "They are spreading lies and this investigation is baseless," Bar and Bench quoted him as saying.

When the court asked him whether he wanted to say something, Singh claimed he was being treated unfairly.

"Sir, Amit Arora gave tens of statements, Dinesh Arora gave several statements, but they did not remember my name. I'm not that unknown that they forgot my name. Now they have suddenly remembered There's no separate law. I was not summoned even once. Why different law for me? the AAP leader said rebutting the ED's claim he received Rs 2 crore from Dinesh Arora, a businessman accused in the case who has now turned an approver."

While being brought to the courtroom, Singh said his arrest was an act of injustice by Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose party was going to lose the next Lok Sabha elections. "This is Modiji's injustice. He will lose election, he is losing election," he told journalists.

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