The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed a chargesheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the liquor policy case. The move comes as the Delhi High Court is set to hear the CM’s bail plea in a money laundering case registered in connection with the alleged scam.
The central agency filed the chargesheet before the special CBI court at Rouse Avenue, PTI reported. The central agency arrested the Aam Aadmi party leader in the case from Tihar prison, while he was serving remand in a connected case registered by the Enforcement Directorate.
The CBI is probing alleged corruption in the formulation and execution of the AAP government's excise policy, while the ED is investigating the money laundering aspect.
The Delhi chief minister was arrested on March 21 by the ED in connection with the money laundering case linked to the Delhi government's scrapped excise policy. The CBI arrested Kejriwal on June 26 from Tihar jail. Besides the chief minister, AAP leader Manish Sisodia and Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader K. Kavitha are also accused in the case.
Recently, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal in ED’s case. The apex court will hear Sisodia’s bail pleas in both cases on Monday.