'Sensitive info leaked': AAP communication officer to Delhi HC on excise case

The AAP's communication in-charge was arrested by the CBI in September.

As the probe intensifies in the Delhi liquor policy case, the Aam Aadmi Party's communication-in-charge and businessman - Vijay Nair - has approached the Delhi High Court, alleging that sensitive information linked to his case is being leaked to the media by the probe agencies. The high court has asked both the central agencies probing the matter - the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate - to share press communication documents, which have been officially released.

The Delhi High Court. (HT Photo)

Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate had taken Vijay Nair into custody; he was arrested by the CBI in the excise policy case in September. His arrest had triggered criticism by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had linked it to the ongoing election season. Stressing that he was working on the communication strategies in Gujarat, the party said he had nothing to do with the liquor policy in the national capital. "Strangely, he has been arrested by the CBI just now in the excise case," the party statement had read at the time, news agency PTI reported.

Along with him, the ED has also taken into custody Hyderabad-based consultant Abhishek Boinpally, who also was arrested by the CBI last month. He was accused of working as a middleman in “facilitating cartelisation”.

In another development in the excise policy matter, a Delhi court reserved order on a plea by businessman Dinesh Arora, who is said to be an aide of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, as he sought to turn an approver, his lawyer said.

The excise police case names Manish Sisodia as an accused, and the allegations against him and the AAP have been constantly dismissed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal - under attack from the BJP - ever since Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena recommended a probe.

(With inputs from ANI, PTI)