Arvind Kejriwal spoke to Hawala operator, we have proof: ED creates buzz with new allegations in SC

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is out on 21 days interim bail till June 1 from Tihar Jail in Delhi excise policy case for Lok Sabha Election campaigning does not seem to be in an easy situation right now. According to the latest update, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its supplementary charge sheet has made Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused in the Supreme Court. 

Both have been named in the prosecution complaint, the equivalent of a charge sheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 that ED filed before a special PMLA court in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday.

In the midst of this, the ED informed the Supreme Court that it had proof Arvind Kejriwal had conversed via chat with the Hawala businessman. The probe agency claimed that it had discovered chats from the devices of the hawala operator when Kejriwal refused to share the password of the devices.

Appearing in court on behalf of the ED, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju stated that the agency possesses sufficient proof to demonstrate that Arvind Kejriwal had spoken with the hawala operator personally. However, the panel of Justices Dipankar Dutta and Sanjeev Khanna has not made a ruling yet.

During the Delhi High Court hearing on Manish Sisodia's release last week, the Enforcement Directorate revealed that the Aam Aadmi Party will be named as an additional accused in the case and supplementary charge sheet.

The case will be heard by Special Judge Kaveri Baweja on Saturday.

The Supreme Court was recently informed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would be added as a co-accused party in the money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy issue.

It is to be noted that Kejriwal was arrested after the absence of nine summons for over six months, suggesting his arrest was due to non-cooperation. He was arrested by the ED on March 21 in connection with the money laundering case in alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case in 2021-22.