The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) in the Rouse Avenue Court formally making Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an accused in the money laundering case connected to the alleged Delhi excise policy.
This is the eighth prosecution complaint filed in the case.
On May 10, the ED had filed the seventh prosecution complaint and named Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha and four others as accused.
Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 and lodged in Tihar jail before being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court till June 1 to enable him to campaign for AAP during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Kavitha was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 15 from Hyderabad, following allegations that she was also involved in the money laundering case.
The ED’s money-laundering probe stems from a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2022 on a complaint made by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.
It has been alleged that a criminal conspiracy was hatched by AAP leaders, including Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others to create loopholes in the Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-22 to favour some liquor sellers.
As per the CBI and ED, certain persons/ group from South India were benefited in the process and some amount of their profits was given to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which used the same to campaign for Goa assembly elections.
The case was registered under provisions of Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Meanwhile, ED is separately probing money laundering allegations in the case.