ED's Crackdown Continues In Liquor Policy Case: After Arresting Kejriwal, Probe Agency Now Summons Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot

Delhi Minister and AAP leader Kailash Gahlot has reportedly been summoned for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor policy.

Gahlot, who currently holds the portfolio of transport, and law in the Delhi government, has been summoned by the central probe agency just days after the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the same case.

Gahlot has been asked to appear for questioning in the case and getting his statement recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), NDTV reported citing ED sources.

The case relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.

The ED alleges that the policy allowed for exorbitant profit margins of nearly 185 per cent for retailers and 12 per cent for wholesalers. The agency further claimed that out of this, around six percent, equating to over Rs 600 crore, was recovered as bribes.

These funds were reportedly used to finance the AAP's electoral campaigns in Goa and Punjab.

Apart from Kejriwal, AAP MP Sanjay Singh and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia have been arrested in this case.

K Kavitha, a leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, has also been arrested in relation to the case.

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