New Delhi:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has acquired two contemporary summonses from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), together with one within the Delhi liquor coverage case, his cupboard colleague Atishi mentioned at present. The second discover is in reference to a “false” case linked to the Delhi Jal Board, the senior AAP chief mentioned.
“Nobody knows what this DJB (Delhi Jal Board) case is about. This seems to be a backup plan to arrest Kejriwal anyhow and stop him from campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls,” she informed reporters.
Mr Kejriwal has been requested to depose earlier than the company on Monday within the Delhi Jal Board case and on Thursday within the liquor coverage case.
He has skipped eight summonses within the liquor coverage case up to now, calling them unlawful. A day earlier, a Delhi courtroom granted him bail for skipping six of the eight ED summonses.
Reacting to the ninth summons within the liquor coverage case, a BJP chief mentioned Mr Kejriwal is working away from the regulation and he ought to reply the questions posed by the company.
“The ED has issued summons as per law. But Delhi Chief Minister is running away from it and only he knows why. He has a habit of playing the victim card,” mentioned Delhi BJP chief Harish Khurrana.
The Delhi Chief Minister acquired the summons hours after the Lok Sabha election dates had been introduced, mentioned Atishi, accusing the BJP of utilizing the ED and the CBI to focus on their political opponents.
The ED is probing an alleged cash laundering angle within the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage for 2021-22, which allegedly benefited sure liquor sellers. The AAP has denied the allegations.
BRS chief Okay Kavitha was arrested within the case yesterday.
Within the Delhi Jal Board case, the central company has alleged that bribe cash generated from a young issued by the Delhi authorities was “passed on” as electoral funds to the AAP.
As a part of the probe, the ED raided Mr Kejriwal’s private assistant Bibhav Kumar, AAP MP ND Gupta, former DJB member Shalabh Kumar, chartered accountant Pankaj Mangal in February.
Retired Chief Engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora and contractor Anil Kumar Aggarwal had been arrested within the bribery case in January.
In response to a CBI FIR, Mr Arora had awarded a DJB contract to an organization, NKG Infrastructure Ltd, for Rs 38 crore though the corporate “did not meet” the technical eligibility standards.