Skipping the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) summons once again on Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal refrained from appearing before the federal agency here.
This is the sixth time that the AAP chief chose not turn up before the Central probe agency in connection with the questioning in a money laundering case linked to the now scrapped Delhi liquor policy.
Kejriwal, while addressing reporters at the Delhi Assembly, said the ED had filed a case in the court and now they must wait for the court’s verdict before sending a fresh summon.
Earlier in the day, the AAP said the summons was ‘illegal’. Instead of sending the summons again and again, the ED should wait for the court’s decision.
On February 17, Delhi CM had virtually appeared before a Delhi court over a complaint by ED with regard to non compliance of its summons by the AAP convener, while he was granted a day’s exemption from personal appearance.
On February 7, the Rouse Avenue Court took cognizance of a complaint filed by the ED and asked the Delhi CM to appear before it on February 17.
The central agency filed the complaint in court when Kejriwal skipped its fifth summons issued in connection with the liquor policy case.
He was directed to appear before the agency on February 2. Before this, he had also skipped the fourth summons issued by the ED wherein he was asked to join the probe on January 18.
The AAP had called the ED notices unlawful when the Delhi CM skipped its fifth summons. The party had said it will proceed according to the law in this regard.