The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) told the Supreme Court on May 16 that a complaint against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in the pipeline and there is direct evidence of its national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “demanding” ₹100 crore as kickbacks in the liquor policy case.
Appearing before a Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, Additional Solicitor-General S.V. Raju, for the ED, said it could even attach an equivalent of the alleged proceeds of crime. The ED said it was not driven by political motives to arrest Mr. Kejriwal on March 21.
“There is material that he demanded ₹100 crore. It was generated, sent to Goa and used for campaigning. We have direct evidence to prove that he stayed in a seven-star hotel in Goa. His bills ran into lakhs. A portion of it was paid from the general administrative department of the Delhi government and the rest by Charanpreeet Singh (an accused). This is solid evidence,” Mr. Raju submitted.
