North News
New Delhi, July 29
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed chargesheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi in connection with the excise policy case. According to the news outlet Mint, the CBI arrested Kejriwal for a corruption case under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act) in relation to Delhi excise policy. The Delhi excise policy under which the Chief Minister is arrested is now scrapped. The CBI charged the Delhi Chief Minister as ‘one of the primary conspirators’ in the excise policy case. The agency said that the ex-media in-charge of AAP and a close associate of Kejriwal, Vijay Nair, was in touch with several liquor producers and traders, the report said. The Mint said in the Delhi court, the investigating agency claimed that Vijay Nair had allegedly demanded undue gratification for incorporating provisions beneficial to the AAP in the excise policy since March 2021. The investigating agency also alleged that ₹44.45 crore was transferred through ‘hawala channels’ to Goa from June 2021 to January 2022. These funds were used in AAP’s assembly poll campaign. This was among the ₹100 crore bribes received by AAP, CBI stated in its previous chargesheet, the Mint reported.
