New Delhi: A Delhi court docket on Wednesday prolonged the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till July three in a cash laundering case linked to an alleged excise coverage rip-off. Kejriwal is at present lodged in Tihar’s Jail Quantity 2. On Could 10, the Supreme Court docket granted him interim bail for 21 days to marketing campaign within the Lok Sabha elections. Following the court docket’s order, the Delhi CM surrendered at Tihar jail on June 2.
Throughout at the moment’s listening to, the court docket sought the rationale for the extension of custody of Arvind Kejriwal, to which the Enforcement Directorate’s Counsel responded that Vinod Chauhan acquired Rs 25 crore from Ok Kavitha’s private assistant via Abhishek Boinpally for the Goa election, reported ANI.
The investigation officer (IO) advised the court docket that this Rs 25 crore is a part of a Rs 100 crore cash path, and up to now, they’ve traced Rs 45 crore. The court docket famous that 60% of the cash continues to be untraced.
The IO added that they’re nonetheless investigating Vinod Chauhan and can file fees in opposition to him by the tip of this month. He was arrested in Could. The court docket realized that fees have been already filed in opposition to Arvind Kejriwal on Could 17, and a choice is predicted on July 9.
The court docket was additionally advised that Chauhan managed Rs 25 crore. The ED will file an eighth supplementary cost sheet in opposition to him by the tip of this month.
The ED arrested Arvind Kejriwal on March 21 and filed fees on Could 17. There are 38 folks accused within the ED case, together with former minister Manish Sisodia.
(Based mostly on inputs from ANI)
