The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a fresh complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal before a Delhi court seeking his prosecution for skipping its summons repeatedly in the Delhi excise policy probe, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.
The fresh complaint comes after Kejriwal refused to appear before the agency on Monday for the eighth time since November 2 last year, terming the summons as “illegal” and “politically motivated”.
A senior ED officer, cited above, said “the fresh complaint under sections 174 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), read with section 63 (4) of prevention of money laundering act (PMLA) has been filed before the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACMM), Rouse Avenue Court, for non-attendance (for questioning)”.
The sections under which the fresh complaint against Kejriwal has been filed relate to non-compliance of summons issued to an individual. The court of ACMM has listed the matter for Thursday.
Earlier, a similar complaint was filed by the financial crimes probe agency on February 3. The court, at that time, took cognisance of the complaint and summoned Kejriwal. He appeared virtually before the court on February 17 and was exempted from physical appearance till March 16.
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