Arvind Kejriwal appeared before the Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday (March 16) on ED complaints regarding non-compliance of summons issued to him by the investigating agency.
Kejriwal cited confidence motion, the Delhi Assembly Budget Session as reasons before the court as he sought an exemption from his physical appearance in the ED summons case.
The alleged irregularities and corruption in the Delhi excise policy, scrapped in August 2022, led to a CBI investigation. The probe involves government authorities, bureaucrats, and liquor traders.
The AAP dubbed the Delhi excise policy case fake and bogus after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning on December 21 in a related money laundering case.
The ED filed the 60-page chargesheet in the Rouse Avenue Court in the national capital.
A local court in Delhi had granted Sisodia permission to meet his ailing wife on Saturday between 10 am and 4 pm. Sisodia was also ordered not to hold any interaction with the media or have any political activity.
Making a statement on excise policy in Punjab, Navjot Sidhu alleged that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann came under pressure from liquor contractors and did not form a corporation for the sale of alcohol.
The Delhi government had implemented the policy on November 17, 2021, but scrapped it at the end of September 2022 amid allegations of corruption. The verdict was pronounced by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti.
Sanjay Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 4 after a day-long raid at his residence in Delhi. He was produced before a Delhi court today.
ED had arrested AAP leader Sanjay Singh on October 4 following a raid at his residence. The ED had also summoned close associates of the AAP MP for questioning in connection with the liquor policy scam case.
Kejriwal's statement has come after another arrest was made by the Enforcement Directorate in the alleged Delhi liquor scam as this time it was AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh.
AAP Rajya MP Sanjay Singh was arrested by Enforcement Directorate in connection with Delhi's liquor policy scam after a day-long raids at his premises.
In a pre-arrest video message, AAP MP Sanjay Singh said that he is a soldier of the Aam Aadmi Party who is ready to die but won't be threatened and will continue to raise his voice against Modi government's corruption.
AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate hours after raids were conducted at his residence in connection with Delhi's liquor policy scam.
Earlier during the day, the Enforcement Directorate searched Sanjay Singh's residence in connection with a money laundering case linked to Delhi's liquor policy scam.
The CBI has registered a case against ED Assistant Director Pawan Khatri, liquor trader Amandeep Dhall and the CEO of Claridges Hotel in a Rs 5 crore bribery case.
The court after taking cognisance issued a summons to Sisodia and three others accused-- Arjun Pandey, Butchi Babu and Amandeep Dhal-- for June 2.
The CBI has alleged in its supplementary chargesheet that former Delhi Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia had destroyed a draft cabinet note related to the new excise policy.
This is the fifth charge sheet or prosecution complaint filed in the case by the ED before a designated special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi.
I have not been named as an accused or even a suspect in any of the complaints filed by ED. There are no allegations whatsoever against me in the said complaints, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said.
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