In the excise policy-linked money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning on March 21, said official sources on Sunday.
Arvind Kejriwal, national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has been asked to appear at the ED’s office in central Delhi.
Ninth summon
The ninth summon has been issued so that the Delhi Chief Minister’s statement can be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), said the sources, reported PTI.
Calling them illegal, Arvind Kejriwal has repeatedly refused to appear in response to these summons by the Enforcement Directorate.
On Saturday, a Delhi court gave bail to Kejriwal on two complaints filed by the agency against him for skipping six of the previous eight summons in this case. Two days back, the agency arrested the Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(BRS) leader K Kavitha in this case.
Delhi Jal Board case
On Sunday, the ED summoned Kejriwal in a second money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), official sources said, reported PTI.
Kejriwal has been asked to depose before the central agency on March 18 at its office at A P J Abdul Kalam Road and record his statement under the provisions of the PMLA, said sources.