ED Names Delhi CM Kejriwal, AAP As Accused In Delhi Liquor Policy Case

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed its seventh supplementary chargesheet and named Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his party AAP as an accused in the money laundering case related to the now scrapped Delhi liquor excise policy 2021-22.

The central agency informed the apex court that it found chats between Arvind Kejriwal and hawala operators over the alleged proceeds of crime in the excise policy case.

The Supreme Court granted him interim bail on May 8 and has been asked to surrender on June 1.

The case relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government's now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was arrested on March 21.

The agency claims the chats have been recovered from the devices of hawala operators after Kejriwal refused to share the password of his devices.

The central agency has called him the "kingpin and key conspirator" of the Delhi excise scam and alleged that he acted in collusion with ministers of Delhi government, AAP leaders and other persons.

"We have direct evidence that Kejriwal stayed in a seven-star hotel, whose bills were partly paid by an accused in the case," PTI quoted Additional Solicitor General S V Raju as telling the court.

Raju claimed that the Delhi Chief Minister was vicariously responsible for the alleged scam.