The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with a corruption case related to the Delhi excise policy under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act). His detention, which ended on July 25, has been prolonged by the court. The excise policy under which the Chief Minister was arrested has since been scrapped.
The Delhi Chief Minister has been accused by the CBI of being one of the main conspirators in the excise policy case. According to the agency, Vijay Nair, the former media in-charge of AAP and a close associate of Kejriwal, was in contact with multiple liquor producers and traders. During the court proceedings in Delhi, the investigating agency asserted that Vijay Nair had allegedly requested unlawful favors in exchange for incorporating provisions that would benefit the AAP in the excise policy since March 2021. The CBI also claimed that a total of ₹44.45 crore was transferred through ‘hawala channels’ to Goa between June 2021 and January 2022. These funds were utilized in AAP’s assembly poll campaign. The CBI had previously stated in its chargesheet that this amount was part of the ₹100 crore in bribes received by AAP.
On March 21, Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate following a search at his residence in connection with the Delhi liquor policy scam. An 11-member team from the ED arrived at Kejriwal’s residence with a search warrant related to the Delhi excise policy money laundering case and conducted a raid.
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