Delhi excise policy: Kejriwal granted bail for skipping ED summons

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail after the Enforcement Directorate filed a complaint against him for skipping multiple summons issued by them in the Delhi liquor policy case.

The AAP leader appeared before a Delhi court on March 16 and was granted bail on a bond of Rs 15,000.

The ED summoned Kejriwal for questioning 8 times but the Delhi chief minister did not appear before them.

The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Divya Malhotra also allowed Kejriwal to leave the courtroom.

"Offence being bailable, accused Arvind Kejriwal is admitted to bail," it said.

The court further directed the ED to hand over documents related to the complaints to Kejriwal.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed two complaints before the magisterial court, seeking Kejriwal's prosecution for skipping multiple summonses issued to him in the case.

The latest complaint pertains to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor not honouring summonses no. 4 to 8 sent by the federal probe agency under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The ED had earlier moved the magisterial court seeking Kejriwal's prosecution for not attending the first three summonses issued to him in the money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.

(with PTI inputs)