The ED has made nine arrests so far and has filed two charge sheets in this matter.
Digital Desk: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Arvind Kejriwal's personal assistant Bibhav Kumar on Thursday in relation to the alleged liquor policy scam in Delhi. He appeared before the ED, and his remarks are being recorded following the PMLA's provisions, officials told PTI.
This occurs after Kejriwal's name appeared in the case's ED charge sheet several weeks prior. Arvind Kejriwal spoke with Sameer Mahendru via video chat, according to the accusation sheet. Mahendru is the main defendant in the excise policy fraud. According to the ED, Kejriwal urged Sameer to put his faith in the AAP's in-charge of communications, Vijay Nair.
In this case, Nair is one of the accused. According to the investigating agency, Sameer Mahendru and Vijay Nair collaborated in the Delhi liquor policy scheme together with other individuals.
According to a PTI report, the ED has accused at least 36 suspects, including Bibhav Kumar and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, of "destroying or using" 170 phones to hide evidence of "kickbacks" totaling thousands of crores of rupees in the alleged scam.
The ED has made nine arrests so far and has filed two charge sheets in this matter.
The ED said earlier this month that the Aam Aadmi Party used the money earned from the allegedly fraudulent sale of liquor in Delhi for the 2022 Goa election campaigning. In the chargesheet submitted in the case, the ED stated, "Investigation of the trail of this kickback so far has revealed that some of this money was used in the election campaign of the AAP."
The Delhi liquor programme was abandoned in August 2022, and the city's lieutenant governor subsequently requested that the CBI look into any potential irregularities. The FIR filed by the CBI led to the ED's investigation into money laundering.
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