In a major breakthrough in the Delhi Excise policy case, the Enforcement Directorate will file its first chargesheet against the jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday formally naming him as an accused in the now-scrapped Liquor Policy.
It is important to note that this will be the first time that Kejriwal will be named as an accused in the excise policy scam.
In the chargesheet, the central probe agency will name Kejriwal as the ‘kingpin’ in the scam, maintaining its previous assertion that the Delhi chief minister was the “key conspirator” in the case.
ED has claimed to have established a money trail linked to Kejriwal.
Meanwhile, earlier this week, a Delhi court extended the Aam Aadmi Party’s convenor’s judicial custody till May 20.
The Supreme Court will deliver its order on granting interim bail to the chief minister on Friday (May 10).
Adding more to his troubles, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed with Rs 1 lakh costs a public interest litigation by a lawyer seeking appropriate arrangements for Kejriwal to run the government from jail.
The petitioner also sought to restrain Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva from exerting any “undue pressure” for the resignation of Kejriwal.
A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan observed that since the AAP leader has already approached the Supreme Court against his arrest, “no orders were called for” with regard to providing him any facilities while in judicial custody.
The AAP leader was arrested on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custody.
With inputs from agencies
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Delhi Liquor Policy Scam: ED to file first chargesheet against Kejriwal on Friday
