New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a supplementary charge-sheet of 2,000 pages against former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in connection with the Delhi liquor scam. He has been described as the mastermind in the charge-sheet. Earlier today, Sisodia had filed a petition for interim bail in the Delhi High Court in the ED case. After hearing this in the afternoon, the court asked ED to file a report in a week. The next hearing on bail will be on May 11.
Meanwhile, The CBI opposed the plea by former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia seeking interim bail to take care of his ailing wife, claiming he suppressed the fact that she has already been discharged from the hospital. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Sisodia's wife has already been discharged from the hospital, but this material fact was not mentioned in his interim bail plea. According to the discharge memo, it said, her condition has improved.
However, Sisodia's counsel claimed there was no suppression of facts and the mentioned document placed before the court for urgent listing disclosed his wife has been discharged from the hospital but she needs constant care. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma orally said, "Every husband has a duty to take care of his wife. (With Agency Inputs)
