Delhi Excise Policy Case: As Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief National Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar on Tuesday said the party will act according to law over the ED's summons.
Kakkar was asked during a press conference if Kejriwal would appear before the ED for questioning. "Our legal team will be better equipped to answer this question. We will act as per the law," she said as quoted by news agency PTI.
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Last year, on December 22, the ED issued a summon to Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy scam and asked him to appear before the agency on January 3. This is the third notice to the AAP chief after he refused to appear before the federal agency on two earlier summons for November 2 and December 21. Kejriwal skipped summonses calling those "illegal" and "politically motivated".
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"The said summons is not clear as to the capacity in which I am being summoned i.e. as a witness or a suspect in the above-mentioned case. Please recall the said summons, which is to say the least is vague and motivated and I am advised, unsustainable in law," Kejriwal aid as quoted by ANI.
In February 2023, former Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI for alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi's new excise policy. Sisodia was named as an accused in the case filed in connection with the liquor policy of 2021.
Earlier, the Rouse Avenue Court had extended the judicial custody of Sisodia, until the next date of hearing on January 19, 2024. The accused's counsel was granted more time until January 15 to inspect relevant documents at the CBI headquarters.
(With Inputs From Agencies)