Seventh ED summons ignored by Delhi CM Kejriwal; AAP argues agency should wait for court ruling

The AAP claimed that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would not be appearing before the Enforcement Directorate on Monday over the money laundering investigation related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, adding that the agency need to wait for the court judgment rather than issue repeated summonses.

Kejriwal has evaded the ED summons seven times in a row.

Last Monday, the agency sent the chief minister a seventh summons, requesting that he come in for interrogation.

Kejriwal has so far ignored every summons, referring to them as “illegal”.

Additionally, he had written to the ED to request their removal.

The AAP said in a statement that the chief minister will not be appearing before the ED.

It said that rather than issuing out further summonses, the agency should wait for the Delhi court’s decision on March 16 about the legitimacy of the ED summons.

The argument that Kejriwal should not have received a new notice requiring his appearance since the case was still pending in a local court was dismissed by the ED when it issued the seventh summons.

Arvind Kejriwal is Chief Minister of Delhi.
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