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New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal on Wednesday addressed a press conference and said the Delhi CM has said that he will reveal everything in the court on March 28 and will reveal where the money of the liquor scam is. She said Kejriwal will also provide proof of the liquor scam.
“Two days ago, Arvind Kejriwal sent a letter to Water Minister Atishi regarding the water and sewer problems in Delhi… The central government filed a case against him. Do they want to destroy Delhi? Do they want the people to keep suffering? Arvind Kejriwal is very pained by this… In the so-called liquor scam, ED has conducted more than 250 raids. They are searching for the money of this so-called scam. They have found nothing yet… Arvind Kejriwal has said that he will reveal everything in the court on March 28. He will reveal where the money of the liquor scam is… He will also provide proof,” Sunita Kejriwal said.
Sunita Kejriwal during the press conference further said the ED found only Rs 73,000 when they raided the couple’s residence in Delhi’s Civil Lines area.
Notably, Sunita’s remarks came as the Delhi High Court is hearing a petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief challenging his arrest and subsequent remand by the ED, which he says are “illegal”.
In the plea, the Delhi Chief Minister said the probe agency “violated his fundamental and human rights” and the ED failed to establish his guilt in the case at the time of his arrest.
Kejriwal will be produced before the court on Thursday at the end of his ED custody in Delhi excise policy money laundering case.
In a video message, Sunita Kejriwal hit out at the Centre and central probe agency, saying that the ED could not find a single penny in its more than 250 raids conducted in the “so-called liquor scam”.
“I met Arvind Kejriwal in jail yesterday, he has diabetes and sugar level is not under control. However, his determination is strong. Two days ago, he directed Delhi Minister Atishi to resolve the water and sewer-related issues. What wrong did he do? The Centre has filed a case against Arvind Kejriwal even for this. Do they want to finish Delhi?” she added.
The Aam Aadmi Party’s National Convenor was arrested on March 21 for alleged misdoings in the now-scrapped Delhi Excise policy case under an ongoing money laundering probe by the ED. He is in ED custody till March 28.
The case relates to alleged irregularities and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi excise policy in 2022.In its initial prosecution complaint filed in November 2021, the ED stated that the policy was intentionally designed with loopholes, facilitating the formation of cartels clandestinely to favor AAP leaders.
Additionally, the ED accused AAP leaders of receiving kickbacks from a group of individuals referred to as the “South Group.”
The case originated from a report presented by Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena in July 2022, highlighting purported procedural deficiencies in the development of the policy.
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