Excise Policy Case
CM Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the ED today regarding the alleged scam in the excise case. Let us tell you that in this case, the ED had sent him a notice to appear. He wrote a reply to the ED calling the investigating agency’s notice politically motivated and illegal. There is talk of issuing a second summons from the ED, but along with it, there is also talk of arrest. CM Arvind Kejriwal said that you can arrest me but how will you arrest my thinking?
However, even before this, the CBI had interrogated Arvind Kejriwal in the same case in the month of April. In this case, the investigating agency has arrested former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh.
How did Arvind Kejriwal get his name?
Let us tell you, ED will interrogate Arvind Kejriwal on his role in the liquor policy case. Kejriwal’s name had appeared in the statements of some accused and witnesses. In such a situation, ED says that it is necessary to interrogate Kejriwal. According to the remand note and charge sheet, Vijay Nair told several liquor businessmen that he discussed liquor policy with Kejriwal. It was Vijay Nair who introduced Indospirit owner Sameer Mahendru to Arvind Kejriwal.