He also said that the matter regarding the ED summons was with the court as the agency had approached the same, and Kejriwal was directed to appear before it on March 16.
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The Directorate of Enforcement has issued fresh summons to AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal in the now-scrapped Delhi liquor scam linked to a money laundering probe, his seventh summons in the matter.
The agency has asked the AAP leader to appear before it on February 26.
The announcement was made by Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj at a press conference here on Thursday. He also said that the matter regarding the ED summons was with the court as the agency had approached the same, and Kejriwal was directed to appear before it on March 16.
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Taking a dig at the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), he said the probe agency itself went to the court and now cannot wait for the next date. He alleged that there was some political agenda behind the repeated summons.
The Delhi chief minister has skipped six summons issued by the central probe agency, calling them “unlawful”. He had said the agency must wait for the court’s verdict as the matter related to his attendance was now in court.
The AAP chief had also written to the agency asking to withdraw the notices, and had termed them “illegal”.
On February 17, Kejriwal had virtually appeared before a Delhi court over a complaint by the ED with regard to non-compliance of its summons by the AAP convener, while he was granted a day’s exemption from personal appearance.
He was also directed to appear before the agency on February 2. Before this, he had skipped the fourth summons issued by the ED wherein he was asked to join the probe on January 18.
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