ED issues fresh summons to Delhi CM Kejriwal in excise policy case
The Hindu
Enforcement Directorate summons Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in money laundering case on March 21.
The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning on March 21 in the excise policy linked money laundering case, official sources said on March 17.
The 55-year-old national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been asked to depose at the Central agency's office in central Delhi.
The ninth summons have been issued so that Mr. Kejriwal's statement can be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources said.
The CM has repeatedly refused to appear in response to these summons, calling them illegal.
A Delhi court on Saturday had granted bail to Mr. Kejriwal on two complaints filed by the agency against him for skipping six of the previous eight summons in this case.
The agency arrested BRS leader K. Kavitha in this case two days back.
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