Delhi Excise Policy Case: Court allows approver Dinesh Arora to visit Spain for wedding anniversary | Delhi News

“…the applicant had earlier been granted bail in both these cases (CBI and ED) but was granted bail only after he was deemed not to be a flight risk. , after pardon is granted to him in these cases, his status is no longer that of an accused, he is only an approver or witness in these cases…” Justice Nagpal said on January 12. stated.

In October last year, the court had ordered Raghub Magnta Reddy, the son of YSR Congress party MP accused in the excise policy case, and Arora, an approver in a money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). allowed to become.

The ED had earlier alleged that Arora was a close aide of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and was involved in “every step of formulating excise policy”.

The agency also said Arora was present at the meeting with another accomplice. The bench of Special Judge Nagpal noted that based on the evidence presented by the ED, Mr. Arora was “personally involved in the processing or remittance of advances amounting to approximately Rs 350 crore to Rs 360 crore”.

In its chargesheet, the ED had also accused Arora of being a “conduit for kickbacks” between “southern groups” and the Aam Aadmi Party. The ED said Mr. Arora spoke to many restaurant owners at the behest of his AAP leader Sanjay Singh and “he arranged checks worth Rs 82 million to raise party funds for the upcoming elections.” He claimed to have spoken.

The central agency also claimed that Arora had told officials that he had met Manish Sisodia five to six times and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal once.

The CBI had arrested Arora in 2022 in connection with the case. She turned approver and received bail in November of the same year and was arrested on ED in July 2023. He later became an approver in the ED case as well.