The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to show the material based on which it is summoning Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal to appear in connection with the money laundering case linked to the now scrapped Delhi excise policy.
The high court asked the central probe agency to present the material pursuant to the agency’s submissions that it had material to summon him and was insisting on his physical presence.
The development comes after the probe agency said they have “sufficient material” against Kejriwal.
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“We’re summoning him as an individual and not in an official capacity. There is material to call him,” additional solicitor general (ASG) SV Raju submitted before a bench led by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait.
“At this stage, at least if that is the position, show us the material under what capacity are you calling. We want to see what the position is,” the bench, also comprising Justice Manoj Jain, said.
The high court asked ED to show the material while considering Kejriwal’s plea seeking to direct the agency from not taking coercive action against him on his appearance in lieu of the summons.
The CM has moved the application in his petition challenging the summons issued to him by the probe agency on March 16 and February 26.
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The federal investigating agency has to date issued nine summonses to Kejriwal – on March 4, February 26, February 19, February 2, January 18, January 3, and December 22 and November 2 last year.
On Sunday, the probe agency had issued a fresh summon to Kejriwal asking him to appear before it on March 21 for questioning, which he skipped.