Vikrant Shekhawat : Mar 21, 2024, 08:55 PM
CM Arvind Kejriwal: ED team has reached the official residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. A large number of police forces have been deployed outside his official residence. Sources are saying that ten ED officers have reached the residence of Arvind Kejriwal. An ED official said that for now Kejriwal will be interrogated. Along with this, ED has also arrived with a search warrant. The investigating agency will also search the entire house. On Thursday itself, Delhi High Court had refused to grant interim relief from arrest to Arvind Kejriwal. Meanwhile, Section 144 has been imposed outside Kejriwal's house.Questions are being asked to KejriwalJoint Director Kapil Raj is leading the ED team that reached Kejriwal's house. His mobile phone has been taken away from Kejriwal. Many questions are being asked to Kejriwal related to liquor scam. Questions related to liquor policy are being asked to Kejriwal regarding the meetings held at Kejriwal's house. ED's investigation has revealed that Rs 338 crore reached the Aam Aadmi Party during the proceedings of the crime. In fact, during the hearing in the Supreme Court on the bail of Manish Sisodia, the Enforcement Directorate had placed a money trail of Rs 338 crore in front of the court. In which it was proved that during the excise policy, Rs 338 crore reached the Aam Aadmi Party from the liquor mafia. Arvind Kejriwal is the patron of the party, hence it is necessary to interrogate him.Indospirit director Sameer Mahendru, accused in the excise scam, told the ED during interrogation that Vijay Nair, very close to Arvind Kejriwal, had made him meet Arvind through Face Time app. In which Arvind Kejriwal told him that Vijay Nair is his man. And he must trust Nair. A meeting regarding the new excise policy was also held at Arvind Kejriwal's house. Manish Sisodia's then secretary C Arvind told during interrogation that there was a margin profit of 6% in the excise policy, which was increased to 12% only with the approval of Arvind Kejriwal. That is, Arvind Kejriwal also had a role in making the excise policy.Saurabh Bhardwaj also reached outside CM residenceAfter the ED team reached the CM residence, Delhi Government Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj reached there. However, as per the rules, no one is allowed to go in and out of the raid premises. Because of this, Saurabh Bhardwaj remained standing outside the residence and was not allowed inside. Saurabh has been told that you will not be allowed inside the residence, so you should leave from here. However, Saurabh Bhardwaj is still frozen outside the residence.CM's team will file petition in Supreme CourtAfter this action of ED, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is going to the Supreme Court. Delhi HC had today refused to grant interim protection from arrest. After this, Kejriwal has demanded listing of this case in the Supreme Court under urgent hearing.Preparation to arrest Kejriwal- Saurabh BhardwajAfter ED reached CM residence, Saurabh Bhardwaj told that the ED team has reached inside Arvind Kejriwal's house. It looks like the team is investigating inside. He said that we fear that ED may arrest Arvind Kejriwal today. He said that we are going to the Supreme Court and demanding hearing as soon as possible.Court refuses to grant interim relief from arrestLet us inform you that Arvind Kejriwal had filed an application seeking interim relief in his petition challenging the ED summons. Kejriwal wanted the High Court to give him interim relief from arrest by ED. The court said that now this application has been listed along with Kejriwal's main petition, which will be heard on April 22. The court has sought response from ED on this new interim petition.what is the whole matterThe case pertains to alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22. This controversial policy was later rescinded. Following the recommendation of Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, the CBI registered an FIR in the alleged corruption case and on the basis of this, the ED started investigating the allegations of money laundering. In this case, ED has arrested former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and MP Sanjay Singh. Former minister Satyendra Jain is also in jail.