Big relief to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, granted bail in money laundering case related to liquor scam

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has got regular bail from the court in the money laundering case related to liquor scam. ED has asked for 48 hours to oppose the bail. On this, the court has said that there will be no stay on the order. Now ED can approach the higher court.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has got regular bail from the court in the money laundering case related to liquor scam. Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has granted bail on a bond of Rs 1 lakh. Earlier, the court had given him interim bail to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. However, after this he had to go to jail again.

ED (Enforcement Directorate) has asked for 48 hours to oppose the regular bail of CM Arvind Kejriwal. On this, Rouse Avenue Court's vacation judge Nyay Bindu has said that there will be no stay on the order. After this decision of the court, CM Kejriwal can come out of Tihar Jail on Friday on a bond of Rs 1 lakh. In this case, ED can now approach the higher court.

Truth can be troubled, not defeated

Aam Aadmi Party is very happy with this decision of the court. The party has said in its post on social media platform X, Truth can be troubled, not defeated. Rejecting all the objections of BJP's ED, the Hon'ble Court has granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi government minister Atishi has posted a photo of CM Arvind Kejriwal in a post with the caption 'Satyamev Jayate'.

What happened in the case and when

On 17 November 2021, the Delhi government implements the new liquor policy. Under this, the capital was divided into 32 zones. It was decided to open 27 shops in each zone. 849 liquor shops were to be opened in Delhi. In this policy, liquor shops were privatized instead of government contracts. The Delhi government's argument behind this was that there would be a profit of Rs 3500 crore.

The Delhi government also increased the license fee of liquor shops. Under this, the contractors had to pay Rs 5 crore for the L-1 license, which earlier cost Rs 25 lakh. After the implementation of the new policy, the fees for the licenses of other categories were also increased more than necessary.

Accused of huge reduction in revenue

Meanwhile, the Kejriwal government was accused of a huge reduction in revenue due to the new liquor policy. In this case, the ED sent the first summons to the Chief Minister of Delhi on November 2 last year. In its charge sheet, the ED alleged that when the liquor policy was being prepared, Kejriwal was in contact with the accused in this case.

ED claimed that in this case, the statement of BRS leader K. Kavitha's accountant Buchi Babu was recorded. Who has stated that there was already talk about the relationship between Kavitha, Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia. Dinesh Arora, arrested in this case, had told the ED that he had met Kejriwal at his residence.

ED arrested him on 21 March
ED, which is investigating the money laundering case related to the liquor scam, arrested Kejriwal from his house on 21 March. Before this, Kejriwal was issued summons 9 times. After the arrest, Kejriwal was in ED custody for several days. After this, the court sent him to judicial custody. Meanwhile, he got interim bail for the Lok Sabha election campaign. On completion of its period, he surrendered on 2 June. Currently, he is lodged in Tihar Jail.