Kejriwal receives two summonses over the DJB and liquor policies

In a money laundering investigation into purported anomalies in the Delhi Jal Board, the Enforcement Directorate on Sunday summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. This was the ninth summons in a case involving the now-canceled Delhi excise policy.

A day after Kejriwal was released on bail by Rouse Avenue Court’s additional chief metropolitan magistrate for failing to appear at a summons issued in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, the ED has issued its ninth summons. In the DJB case on March 18 and the liquor policy matter on March 21, the AAP head has been called to testify before ED at its office here.

In response to the event, the AAP said that the BJP’s only goal is to get Kejriwal arrested. “The ED has again sent summons to CM Kejriwal in the alleged liquor scam case and in a fake DJB case,” claimed Delhi minister Atishi, “without waiting for the court’s decision.”

The ED’s case is predicated on a CBI FIR that claims anomalies in a `38 crore DJB contract given to NKG Infrastructure Ltd., a business that “did not meet” the technical eligibility requirements. Based on the information provided, the ED started looking into

FBI FIR. The contract was given by Jagdish Kumar Arora, the then-chief engineer of DJB.

NKG Infrastructure won the contract by submitting counterfeit, fraudulent, and fictitious papers, according to an ED probe. According to an official, Arora knew that the firm did not fulfill the technical qualifying requirements.

Arora and contractor Anil Kumar Aggarwal were taken into custody by the ED on January 31. On February 5, they were brought before a PMLA court once again to obtain custody.

The source said, “Digital evidence and investigations demonstrate that Arora transferred the bribe money to a number of individuals involved in running the Delhi Jal Board, including those with ties to the AAP. AAP received bribe sums as well as electoral donations, he said.