The Enforcement Directorate today issued a fourth summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy scam.
He has been asked to appear before the probe agency on January 18. This comes after Arvind Kejriwal skipped January 3 questioning, saying that the summons issued by the ED were illegal, and the only aim was to arrest him.
The Delhi Chief Minister had refused to appear before the probe agency on two earlier summons, for November 2 and December 21 as well and headed for a 10-day Vipassana meditation camp.
Responding to the ED move, Arvind Kejriwal dubbed the summons as ‘illegal’ and ‘politically motivated,’ asserting that he has nothing to hide.
“I am ready to accept every legal summon. However, this ED summons is also illegal and politically motivated, like the previous summons. Summon should be withdrawn. I have spent my life with honesty and transparency. I have nothing to hide,” he said.
The first summons was issued to Arvind Kejriwal in October last year as part of the ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering linked to the liquor policy, which the Delhi government withdrew in July 2023 after facing corruption accusations.
The AAP chief had been questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the case in April, but had not been made an accused by the agency.
Senior AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and another leader, Sanjay Singh, have been arrested in the same case.