New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday night in a money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor scam policy. It is being told that the investigating agency has arrested Arvind Kejriwal after interrogating him for 2 hours. In this case, Arvind Kejriwal’s lawyers will file a petition before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on Friday morning and will demand relief in this case.
Earlier, he was arrested just hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant relief to Kejriwal from staying any arrest by the agency. This is the first case of arrest of a Chief Minister while in office. Officials said that soon after the High Court order, an ED team reached his residence and conducted a search. After this, Kejriwal was arrested.
Accusations against Arvind Kejriwal..
1. ED’s investigation has revealed that Rs 338 crore reached the Aam Aadmi Party during the process of crime. In fact, during the hearing in the Supreme Court on the bail of Manish Sisodia, the Enforcement Directorate had presented a money trail of Rs 338 crore before the court, which proved that during the excise policy, Rs 338 crore had reached the Aam Aadmi Party from the liquor mafia. . ED’s argument was that Arvind Kejriwal is the patron of the party, hence it is necessary to interrogate him.
2. Indospirit director Sameer Mahendru, accused in the excise scam, told ED during interrogation that Vijay Nair, very close to Arvind Kejriwal, had made him meet Arvind through Face Time app. In this, Arvind Kejriwal had told him that Vijay Nair is his man and he should trust Nair.
3. A meeting regarding the new excise policy was also held at Arvind Kejriwal’s house.
4.. Manish Sisodia’s then secretary C Arvind told during interrogation that there was a margin profit of 6 percent in the excise policy, which was increased to 12 percent only with the approval of Arvind Kejriwal, that is, Arvind Kejriwal also had a role in making the excise policy.
5. The cabinet meeting that was held regarding the new excise policy is called by the Chief Minister.
ED had interrogated Kejriwal on the basis of these five points and the police had also arrested him on these grounds.
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Tags: Arvind kejriwal, Delhi liquor scam, Directorate of Enforcement
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 21, 2024, 22:40 IST