The Enforcement Directorate informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that it intends to file a prosecution complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged excise policy scam. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the ED, conveyed this information to Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, stating that the prosecution complaint will be filed shortly.
This development occurred during a hearing on Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest. The Chief Minister was taken into custody on March 21 in relation to the case. Despite being granted interim bail until June 1 by the apex court on May 10, Kejriwal is required to surrender on June 2. The court has imposed restrictions, preventing him from accessing his office or the Delhi secretariat and signing official documents unless necessary for the lieutenant governor's approval.
The case pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22, which has since been annulled.