Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal`s non-public secretary Bibhav Kumar became wondered with the aid of using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday as a part of its research into the capital’s now-scrapped liquor income coverage. The ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are investigating alleged irregularities in Delhi’s excise coverage with connivance and kickbacks from the liquor foyer. Under it, the licence charge became waived or reduced, and undue favours had been prolonged to liquor licence holders, the companies have claimed.
Mr Kejriwal’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been named as an accused and wondered withinside the case in conjunction with different officials. The companies have additionally arrested numerous businessmen and brokers, accusing them of being a part of the scandal.
In certainly considered one among its greater latest claims, the ED stated one of the arrested suspects – Aam Aadmi Party communications in-price Vijay Nair — had organized a FaceTime video name from his telecellsmartphone among Sameer Mahendru, leader of Indospirits and Mr Kejriwal.
On behalf of AAP leaders, Vijay Nair received ₹ a hundred crore from a foyer dubbed the “South Group” as boost for licenses in Delhi liquor coverage, the employer has alleged in its trendy chargesheet, which has now no longer named Mr Kejriwal as an accused.
AAP reassets claimed that there may be no reality withinside the allegations of the Enforcement Directorate and that Sameer Mahendru has instructed a courtroom docket that his announcement became received below duress.
Accusing the employer of performing at the example of the BJP, which heads the authorities on the centre, Mr Kejriwal has rubbished the fees as “entire fiction”. “The Enforcement Directorate need to have filed 5,000 cases… The ED is supposed to topple governments and purchase and promote MLAs,” he stated.