Delhi Excise Policy case: CBI summon CM Arvind Kejriwal on April 16

Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday summoned Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on April 16 to question him in the Delhi Excise Policy Case. Kejriwal will appear before the CBI on Sunday (April 16) at 11 AM, officials on Friday informed. 

As per updates, the name of Delhi CM as a criminal has not been mentioned in any FIR and Chargesheet. However, the remand note with CBI and ED has his name mentioned. 

CBI earlier confronted Secretary C Arvind and Excise Commissioner A Gopi Krishna who were in Manish Sisodia's Excise Department. This happened when Sisodia was on CBI remand. Arvind's statement was earlier recorded under Section 164 CrPC before a magistrate, in which he revealed that Manish Sisodia was giving direct instructions regarding the excise policy. 

C Arvind, in his statements, revealed before ED and CBI that in March 2021, an order was taken at Arvind Kejriwal's residence to fix the profit margin of liquor traders at 12%. It was an oral order that was asked to



be included in the draft policy. This order was taken in the presence of Sisodia and Satyendar Jain.

Kejriwal has been asked to be present at the agency headquarters at 11 AM to answer queries of the investigating team, they said.  The central probe agency has already arrested former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the case. It is alleged that the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP. The policy was later scrapped.

"It was further alleged that irregularities were committed, including modifications in Excise Policy, extending undue favours to the licensees, waiver/reduction in licence fee, the extension of L-1 license without approval etc. "It was also alleged that illegal gains on the count of these acts were diverted to concerned public servants by private parties by making false entries in their books of accounts," a CBI spokesperson had said after FIR filed on August 17, 2022.