The Enforcement Directorate has approached a Delhi courtroom towards Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for skipping 5 summons in reference to the liquor coverage case, reported Bar and Bench.
The central regulation enforcement company’s case was heard within the courtroom of Further Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Divya Malhotra on Saturday. It has been listed for additional consideration on Thursday.
The case has been filed citing Kejriwal’s non-compliance with Part 50 of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, which defines the powers of the Enforcement Directorate to subject summons and demand the manufacturing of paperwork.
Kejriwal on Friday skipped summons by the Enforcement Directorate for the fifth time. On the identical day, he took half in a protest in Delhi towards the Bharatiya Janata Celebration for allegedly influencing the end result of the Chandigarh mayoral election on Thursday.
The Enforcement Directorate’s case towards the chief minister is predicated on a primary data report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The report alleges that the Aam Aadmi Celebration modified Delhi’s liquor excise coverage for 2021-2022 to make sure a 12% revenue margin for wholesalers and a virtually 185% revenue margin for retailers.
Two senior Aam Aadmi Celebration leaders – Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh – are at present in jail in reference to the case. The celebration and its leaders have denied the allegations and claimed that Enforcement Directorate desires to arrest Kejriwal and cease him from campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, due later this yr.
The Enforcement Directorate has additionally claimed that a number of businessmen from South India paid at the very least Rs 100 crore in kickbacks via hawala channels to leaders of the Aam Aadmi Celebration via businessman Vijay Nair, who’s in additionally in jail in reference to the case.
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