Delhi Court allows jailed AAP leader Sanjay Singh to take oath as Rajya Sabha MP
Sanjay Singh was arrested in October 2023 in connection with the Delhi excise policy case and denied summons to take oath after his re-election as a Rajya Sabha MP.
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh. A Delhi Court recently granted permission to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh, an accused in the Delhi excise policy case, to appear before the Parliament on Tuesday to take oath as a Rajya Sabha member. Singh was recently elected to Rajya Sabha for a second term but denied summons to take oath.
The court of Special Judge M K Nagpal also directed the Tihar jail authorities to ensure that the accused is taken to Parliament under adequate security and that he is not permitted to use his phone or talk to other accused persons.
Singh was arrested on October 4, 2023, following 10 hours of searches at his North Avenue home. He was the third AAP leader to be arrested in the case, following former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and the party’s communications in-charge Vijay Nair.
The ED alleged that an accused businessman, Dinesh Arora, who later turned approver in the excise case, had given Singh Rs 2 crore in cash. It also alleged that Singh had ensured changes were made in the liquor policy through Sisodia to favour certain businessmen.
Calling Singh a “key conspirator”, the ED, in its remand application, had said: “Sanjay Singh has exploited and gained illegal money/ kickbacks, which is ‘proceeds of crime’ generated from the liquor policy (2021-22) scam…(he) has been part of the conspiracy of collecting kickbacks from liquor groups…(he) has a close relationship with Dinesh Arora since 2017 as revealed by Dinesh Arora as well as from his call records.
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