Delhi Excise policy case: A Delhi court has extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until August 8 in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged excise policy scam. Kejriwal was produced before the court via video conferencing from Tihar Jail.
Delhi Excise policy case
The matter relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government's now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22. It is alleged that the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge repeatedly refuted by the AAP. The policy was subsequently scrapped and Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe, following which the ED registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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