Case involving excise policies: Enforcement Directorate sends Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal a new summons

Official sources on Sunday said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has received a new summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for interrogation on March 21 in connection with the money laundering case related to the excise policy.

The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, has been invited to appear at the ED’s central Delhi headquarters.

According to the sources, who spoke to PTI, the ninth summons has been issued in order to record the Delhi Chief Minister’s testimony in accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Arvind Kejriwal has consistently declined to show up in response to these summonses from the Enforcement Directorate, claiming they are unlawful.

In response to two complaints the agency had made against Kejriwal for allegedly missing six of the previous eight summonses in this matter, a Delhi court granted him bail on Saturday. In this particular instance, the agency detained K Kavitha, the head of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), two days ago.

According to official sources, Kejriwal was called by the ED on Sunday in connection with a second money laundering investigation involving purported anomalies in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), as PTI reported.

According to reports, Kejriwal has been requested to appear before the central agency on March 18 at its location on A P J Abdul Kalam Road and record his testimony in accordance with PMLA regulations.