THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, March 18: In a money laundering case involving purported anomalies in the Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday skipped the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate.
The AAP further referred to the summons as illegal and charged that Kejriwal was being targeted by the BJP leadership in the Central government through the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had called upon Kejriwal for interrogation on Monday, the 18th, as part of a money laundering investigation associated with suspected irregularities in the DJB (Delhi Jal Board).
This marks the second instance where the 55-year-old politician, who is also the AAP national convenor, has been summoned under the anti-money laundering legislation.
He is also currently facing summonses for interrogation in the money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy. Kejriwal has disregarded eight summonses in this particular case, labelling them as illegal.
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A new and ninth summons in the excise policy case requires him to present himself before an investigating officer from the Enforcement Directorate on March 21. The ED issued the ninth summon on March 17.
The Delhi Jal Board Case
The Delhi Jal Board criminal case is based on an FIR from the CBI and the Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), and the ED is looking into two different cases of anomalies in the DJB’s tendering process.
According to the CBI FIR, NKG Infrastructure Limited was given “undue advantage” by DJB authorities when the company was awarded a tender for the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of electro-magnetic flow meters, allegedly in collusion with NBCC (India) Limited officials.
The second accusation relates to the November 2022 ACB complaint, in which it is alleged that the DJB granted a contract to install automotive bill payment collection devices, or kiosks, in its various offices in order to assist customers with bill payment.
