New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear plea of Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief, Arvind Kejriwal, on Wednesday challenging his arrest and the order of remand passed by the trial court on March 22 in the money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- The bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma will hear the matter Tomorrow.
- The petition contends that Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the ED lacks substantiating evidence, portraying it as arbitrary and illegal.
- CM Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in relation to the excise policy case.
- The plea further stated that the provisions of PMLA are being used to persecute and destroy the very basic fabric of the democratic and federal structures of this country.
- Earlier, the trial court on March 22, sent Kejriwal to ED remand till March 28.
- ED alleged that the Aam Adami Party (AAP) is the major beneficiary of the proceeds of crime generated in the alleged liquor scam. The agency further claimed that Kejriwal was directly involved in the formation of the excise policy.
- Kejriwal was arrested by the central agency on Thursday on charges of corruption in relation to the excise policy case.
- The move came after Kejriwal skipped multiple summons by the investigation agency, nine in total, calling them “illegal”.
- The case pertains to alleged irregularities and money laundering in framing and implementing the Delhi excise policy 2022, which was later scrapped.
