The Enforcement Directorate has issued a summons for the fourth time to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case.
Kejriwal has been asked to depose before the agency at its headquarters here on January 18.
The Delhi CM had refused to depose before the ED for the third time on January 3, saying the “non-disclosure and non-response approach” of the agency could not sustain the test of law, equity or justice and its “obstinacy” was tantamount to assuming the role of judge, jury and executioner.
Kejriwal was earlier asked to depose on November 2 and December 21 last year.
By issuing the fresh notice, the ED has again rejected Kejriwal’s contention that the summons issued to him were “not in consonance with the law” and hence should be withdrawn.
Kejriwal’s name has been mentioned multiple times in charge sheets filed by the ED in the case. The ED has said that the accused were in touch with him regarding the preparation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22.
