Delhi Police has filed a case against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others for allegedly using public money to put up large hoardings in Delhi in 2019. The police gave this information in a report to a judge, Neha Mittal, on Friday. The case is about the claim that government money was used for political ads, and now the court is looking into the matter.
What was the case?
On March 11, the judge ordered the police to file an FIR based on a complaint about the violation of the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act. The court has scheduled the next hearing for April 18 after the police requested more time for investigation.
Apart from Kejriwal, the court also ordered an FIR against former MLA Gulab Singh and then Dwarka councillor Nitika Sharma for installing “large-sized” banners. The complaint filed in 2019 alleged that Kejriwal, then Matiala MLA Gulab Singh (AAP), and then Dwarka A ward councillor Nitika Sharma “deliberately misused public money by putting up large-sized hoardings” in various locations.
Money laundering case against Kejriwal
Kejriwal is also involved in a money laundering case. He is currently on interim bail. On July 12 last year, the Supreme Court granted him interim bail while referring three legal questions about the “need and necessity of arrest” under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to a larger bench.
He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on March 21 and June 26 last year in connection with corruption and money laundering cases. The 2021 excise policy was scrapped in 2022 after the Delhi lieutenant governor ordered a CBI probe into alleged corruption in its making and implementation. The CBI and ED claim that the policy was changed to benefit certain license holders unfairly.
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