THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, Feb 7: Following the Enforcement Directorate’s petition against Arvind Kejriwal in the purported illegal liquor scam case, the Delhi Chief Minister received a summons from a district court to appear on February 17.
Divya Malhotra, the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, took notice of the situation and summoned Kejriwal to appear in court.
AAP leader Jasmine Shah responded to the court’s summons by saying, “We are studying the court order and will take action as per the law. We will inform the court how all Enforcement Directorate summons were illegal.”
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ED filed complaint on Feb 3
After the Chief Minister ignored five summonses from the ED in the purported illegal liquor scam case, the ED had filed a complaint against him in Rouse Avenue Court on February 3.
The complaint was brought under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for failing to comply with an ED summons and Section 174 of the IPC for failing to appear in compliance with an order from a public servant.
Kejriwal skipped five ED summons calling them illegal
Arvind Kejriwal has skipped ED summonses five times on November 2 and December 21 in 2023 and January 3, January 18, and February 2 deeming them as unlawful and driven by political motives.
Kejriwal called the ED summons “illegal” and skipped them, stating that although he was willing to comply, the agency’s goal was to arrest him and prevent him from doing electoral campaigning.
