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New Delhi: There was no relief for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the courts Monday as he was sent to 15 days in judicial custody as an accused in the ongoing excise policy case.. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested the Aam Aadmi Party leader on 21 March in a money-laundering case tied to the now-scrapped excise policy of 2021-2022..
On Monday, the probe agency sought Kejriwals judicial custody till 15 April, telling the Rouse Avenue court that the chief minister had been totally uncooperative during interrogation...
Two senior AAP leaders, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, are already in custody in the liquor policy case.. The central agency had told the trial court that Kejriwal was the kingpin and key conspirator of the Delhi excise policy scam who generated and used proceeds of crime in the Goa election...
The agency said Kejriwal as the chief of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and a member of its political affairs committee and national executive was ultimately responsible for the funds being used in the election expenses, including their generation and thus was guilty of this conspiracy...
The ED said the liquor policy was drafted to favour the South Group and was formed in collusion with (former AAP communications in-charge) Vijay Nair, (Delhi deputy CM) Manish Sisodia and representatives of the South Group...
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