The Rouse Avenue Court has issued a summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in response to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) second complaint regarding alleged non-compliance with summonses related to the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case. Kejriwal has been instructed to appear before the court on March 16.
According to official sources, the ED filed a fresh complaint seeking prosecution of Kejriwal for failing to respond to multiple summonses issued under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). These summonses, numbered 4 to 8, were allegedly disregarded by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor.
Previously, the ED had approached the court regarding Kejriwal's non-appearance in response to the first three summonses linked to the money laundering case associated with the now-defunct Delhi excise policy. The court, presided over by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra, is set to hear this matter concerning summonses numbered 1 to 3 on March 16.
Kejriwal, who has reportedly ignored eight summonses from the ED, has contested their legality and suggested the possibility of being questioned via video conferencing after March 12. "We have not engaged in any wrongdoing nor are we attempting to conceal anything," Kejriwal emphasized during a press conference on March 4, the day he received the eighth summons from the ED.
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