ED questions Kejriwal's PA, AAP MLA Pathak in the Delhi excise policy case
The Hindu
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on April 8 questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal assistant Bibhav Kumar and AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak in the excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on April 8 questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal assistant Bibhav Kumar and AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak in the excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said.
Their statement is being recorded under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
Both of them have been questioned in this case earlier too by the ED.
Sources said Mr. Kumar's questioning was essential in connection with the engagements of Mr. Kejriwal. The 55-year-old chief minister, also the national convenor of the AAP, was arrested by the ED in this case last month. He is currently lodged in the Tihar Jail under judicial custody.
The agency had alleged in its earlier charge sheets that at least 36 accused, including former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Kumar, "destroyed, used or changed" 170 phones to conceal evidence of "kickbacks" worth thousands of crores of rupees in the alleged scam.
The IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) of Mr. Bibhav's mobile number is stated to have been changed four times between September 2021 and July 2022, according to the ED charge sheet filed before a local court last year.
Mr. Pathak, the 35-year-old AAP MLA from Rajinder Nagar constituency, is understood to have been called by the agency for questioning in connection with the party's 2021-22 poll campaign for the Goa assembly polls.
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