New Delhi. A special court in Delhi on Friday sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in a money laundering case related to the excise policy scam, to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till March 28.
The ED had arrested him after two hours of questioning at his official residence on Thursday evening. The agency had sought 10-day custody, calling him the kingpin and main conspirator of the alleged excise duty scam in connivance with other Delhi government ministers, AAP leaders and others.
Kejriwal was produced before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court on Friday morning after being kept in the ED office on APJ Abdul Kalam Road overnight.
The ED claimed that Kejriwal was also involved in conspiring to frame the Excise Policy 2021-22 to benefit certain persons and demanding bribes from liquor businessmen in return for benefits given in the said policy.
The agency also alleged that Kejriwal was involved in the use of proceeds of crime in AAP’s Goa election campaign, of which he is the convener and final decision maker.
The ED told the court that the “Excise Policy 2021-22” was being drafted keeping in mind the benefit given to the “conglomerate of the South” and was formed by co-accused Vijay Nair, then Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and ‘South’ This was done with the connivance of the members-representatives of the group.
Kejriwal had allegedly demanded bribes from the group from the right in return for favors in the formulation and implementation of the policy.
Nair, on behalf of Kejriwal and AAP, received a bribe of Rs 100 crore from the group from the South, whose key figures were Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, Raghava Magunta, Sarath Reddy and BRS leader K. There is poetry.
As per the investigation conducted so far, the ED in its remand application named Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as the major beneficiary of the proceeds of crime and claimed that the proceeds of crime amounting to about Rs 45 crore were used to finance bribes received from the group in the South. Was part of AAP’s election campaign in Goa in 2021-22.
The federal agency said, upon investigating the money transactions, it was revealed that the money which was transferred to Goa came through four routes.
It said statements of various persons involved in election campaign-related activities by AAP in Goa revealed that they were paid in cash for the work they did as survey workers, field managers, assembly managers, etc.
