The Enforcement Directorate (ED) submitted its eighth chargesheet to a local court on Friday regarding the money laundering investigation associated with the alleged excise policy scam, naming the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leader Arvind Kejriwal as defendants.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju, representing the ED, announced to the Supreme Court that a prosecution complaint against AAP and its national convenor was forthcoming and would be filed shortly before the special court.
ASG Raju disclosed this information as the agency contested Chief Minister Kejriwal’s petition in the apex court challenging his arrest in the ED’s case.
Previously, the investigative agency, while countering the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi High Court, stated it would soon submit a supplementary chargesheet against the ruling party in the capital.
So far, 18 individuals have been detained in this case, including Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, several AAP members, BRS leader K. Kavitha, among others.
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