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Excise scam: Delhi court grants bail to CM Kejriwal in case against him for skipping ED summons

A Delhi court granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday after the Enforcement Directorate filed two complaints against him for failing to appear in a money laundering case related to the suspected Delhi excise policy scam.

March 16, 2024 / 10:47 IST
A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in two complaints filed by the Enforcement Directorate against him for skipping summons in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra also allowed Kejriwal to leave the courtroom.

“Offence being bailable, accused Arvind Kejriwal is admitted to bail,” it said.

The court further directed the ED to hand over documents related to the complaints to Kejriwal.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed two complaints before the magisterial court, seeking Kejriwal’s prosecution for skipping multiple summonses issued to him in the case.

The latest complaint pertains to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor not honouring summonses no. 4 to 8 sent by the federal probe agency under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The ED had earlier moved the magisterial court seeking Kejriwal’s prosecution for not attending the first three summonses issued to h

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first published: Mar 16, 2024 10:45 am

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