Enforcement Directorate files fresh complaint against Arvind Kejriwal for skipping summonses

New Delhi, March 6

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a fresh complaint before a Delhi court seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for skipping its summonses in a money-laundering investigation, official sources said on Wednesday.

The latest complaint pertains to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor not honouring the summonses no 4 to 8, they said.

The court of ACMM Divya Malhotra has listed the matter for Thursday.

The ED had earlier moved a local court seeking Kejriwal’s prosecution for not attending the first three summonses issued to him in the money-laundering investigation linked to the Delhi excise policy.

Kejriwal, 55, had called all these eight ED summonses “illegal” and informed the federal agency last time that he could be questioned via a video-conferencing link after March 12.

The ED has filed the fresh complaint under Section 174 of the IPC (non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant) read with Section 63(4) of the PMLA that speaks about “a person who intentionally disobeys any direction” apart from some other sections of the law.