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ED To Prosecute Kejriwal and Sisodia For Money Laundering

The Union Home Ministry has allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and former minister Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case in connection to the Delhi liquor policy scam.

Earlier, Delhi Lt. Governor VK Saxena permitted the prosecution of the former Delhi Chief Minister in the case.

The Supreme Court order last November said that the ED must obtain prior sanction before prosecuting public servants.

The probe agency wrote to VK Saxena, saying that a sanction should be granted since Kejriwal was the kingpin and key conspiratorĀ of the scam.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal approached the Delhi High Court, saying the probe agency’s chargesheet against him and others in the case was illegal because no prior sanction from the authorities was taken before filing the prosecution complaint.

It is also alleged that the former Chief Minister and other AAP leaders intentionally created loopholes in the policy to receive kickbacks from liquor lobbyists.

The ED first arrested Kejriwal on March 21, 2024, in connection to the money laundering case. Later, on June 26, 2024, theĀ Central Bureau of InvestigationĀ (CBI) arrested Kejriwal in a corruption case.

The Supreme Court granted bail to AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal in September 2024. After he got bail, Kejriwal resigned as the Chief Minister of Delhi and announced senior AAP leader Atishi as the new Chief Minister.

Meanwhile, the AAP Leader Manish Sisodia walked out of jail in August 2024 after being in prison for 17 months.

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