Liquor policy case: ED issues sixth summon to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday issued a sixth summon to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking him to appear on February 19 in the liquor policy case.
Earlier on February 7, Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday took cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate's complaint and summoned Kejriwal on February 17, 2024.
ED had approached the court against Kejriwal for not complying with the summons issued by the central probe agency in the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case.
On February 2, Kejriwal skipped the Enforcement Directorate's summons for the fifth time in connection with the money laundering probe related to irregularities in the Delhi excise policy 2021-22 case. The fresh summons to the Delhi Chief Minister followed the fourth summons, which he had skipped on January 18.
While skipping the fifth summons, the party called it «unlawful.»
Kejriwal has so far skipped four previous summons issued by the ED on January 18, January 3, November 2, and December 22, calling them «illegal and politically motivated.»
According to the ED, agency wants to record Kejriwal's statement in the case on issues like the formulation of policy, meetings held before it was finalized, and allegations of bribery.
In its sixth charge sheet filed in the case on December 2, 2023, naming AAP leader Sanjay Singh and his aide Sarvesh Mishra, the ED has claimed that the AAP used kickbacks worth Rs 45 crore generated via the policy as part of its assembly elections campaign in Goa in 2022.
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