ED names Kejriwal, AAP as accused in fresh chargesheet

New Delhi, NT Bureau: The Enforcement Directorate Friday filed a fresh charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy case, naming Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as accused, the first time that a sitting chief minister and a political party face money laundering charges.

Official sources said the prosecution complaint, spanning about 200 pages, has been filed before a special court here.

The accused have been sought to be charged under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources said.

They said Kejriwal has been made made an accused in his personal capacity as well as the national convenor of his political outfit AAP. The federal agency had arrested 55-year-old Kejriwal from his official residence here on March 21.

He is currently out of jail on interim bail. This is the eighth charge sheet filed by the ED in this case in which it has arrested 18 people so far, made a total of 38 entities as accused and attached assets wor th Rs 243 crore.

Last week, a similar complaint was filed by the a g ency against BRS leader and former Telangana chief minister Chandrashekar Rao's daughter K Kavitha and four others.