Delhi liquor policy case: ED files chargesheet against Kejriwal, names AAP as accused
Delhi liquor policy case: ED files chargesheet against Kejriwal, names AAP as accused
India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday (May 17) filed a chargesheet against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as well as its supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is out of jail on interim bail, in the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.
This is the very first time that a sitting chief minister and a national political party have been named as accused in a money laundering case.
As per news agency PTI, the prosecution in the case filed before the special court has sought the accused to be charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
"We have direct evidence that Kejriwal stayed in a seven-star hotel, whose bills were partly paid by an accused in the case," Additional Solicitor General S V Raju told the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 16).
He further added that Kejriwal played an important role in formulating the Delhi excise policy, which has now been scrapped.
This is the eighth chargesheet filed by the federal probe agency in the case.
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ED earlier said that Kejriwal was the "kingpin and key conspirator" of the Delhi excise "scam".
Arvind Kejriwal's arrest
The federal probe agency had arrested Kejriwal from his official residence in the month of March. He was granted an interim bail on Friday (May 10).
The arrest was made in a case pertaining to alleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi government's excise policy.
The Delhi government had implemented the policy on November 17, 2021.
But it was scrapped at the end of September 2022.
Corruption allegations were levelled against AAP which the party has strongly denied.
The investigating agencies have said that the profit margins of wholesalers were increased from 5 per cent to 12 per cent under the new policy.
The agencies have alleged that the new policy resulted in cartelisation and those ineligible for liquor licences were favoured for monetary benefits.
(With inputs from agencies)