CM Kejriwal's troubles may increase, court issues production warrant

Delhi Liquor Scam: Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court took cognizance of the fresh chargesheet filed by the ED against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Special Judge Kaveri Baveja has also issued a production warrant to Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party for July 12. Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday took cognizance of the seventh supplementary chargesheet filed in connection with the excise policy and issued a production warrant for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Production warrant also issued against Vinod Chauhan

The court also took cognizance of the supplementary chargesheet filed by the ED against Vinod Chauhan and issued a production warrant against him for his appearance before the court on July 12. The ED had made Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party accused in this chargesheet. Taking cognizance of the chargesheets, Special Judge Kaveri Baveja said that there is sufficient material on record to proceed against the accused persons and the case has been listed for July 12, when all the accused will be produced before the court.

ED said - enough evidence against Kejriwal

The ED had filed a 200-page chargesheet on May 17 naming Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as accused in the case. 55-year-old AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the federal agency on March 21, hours after the Delhi High Court rejected his request for interim protection from arrest.

The ED has alleged that Kejriwal was intimately involved in the functions of policy making, bribery scheme and end use of proceeds of crime. The federal agency said that Kejriwal is involved in serious economic crimes and there is sufficient evidence on record to link him to the crime of money laundering.

ED has made these allegations

The ED said that another accused Vinod Chauhan, who handled the transfer of Rs 25.5 crore from Delhi to Goa, was also closely associated with Kejriwal. The agency had filed its eighth supplementary chargesheet on June 28 naming Chauhan and Mathur as accused. The ED arrested Chauhan from its Goa zonal office on May 3 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), while Mathur, an alleged associate of Chauhan, has been chargesheeted without arrest.