Delhi Excise Policy Case: Kejriwal will not appear before ED even today: Ignored the summons for the 5th time

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the ED even today in the liquor policy case. The investigating agency had sent him the fifth summons on January 31 and asked him to appear on February 2. AAP said that ED's summons is illegal. PM Narendra Modi's goal is to arrest Arvind Kejriwal and topple the Delhi government. We will not let this happen.

ED had earlier sent summons to Delhi CM on January 17, January 3, December 21 and November 2, but he did not appear. Kejriwal had said on January 17 that BJP wants to arrest me, so that I cannot campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. Former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and AAP MP Sanjay Singh are in jail in the liquor policy case.

AAP will protest outside BJP office, Kejriwal will also join

Here, in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is going to protest outside the BJP office today against the irregularities in the Chandigarh Mayor elections. Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann will also participate in this. Regarding this, a large number of security forces have been deployed in many areas outside the AAP-BJP office including DDU Marg, Vishnu Digambar Marg.

BJP has also announced a protest outside the AAP headquarters. However, the police has not given permission to AAP and BJP to protest. Actually, BJP had won the mayor election held on January 30. AAP says that BJP has registered victory by cheating.

Accused of stopping AAP workers from coming to Delhi

Before the demonstration, Kejriwal and AAP leaders accused the protesters of stopping them from coming to Delhi. Kejriwal wrote on the social media platform - AAP MLAs, councilors and workers are being detained in Delhi who were coming to the party office. What is this happening?

Delhi government minister Atishi wrote in his post - A police vehicle is parked outside the office of Kondli MLA Kuldeep Kumar, so that he can be prevented from joining the protest. Is it now a crime to participate in peaceful protests?

ED has the right to arrest, Kejriwal can go to court

According to law experts, ED can issue a bailable warrant against CM Kejriwal for his repeated non-appearance. Even after this, if he does not appear, a non-bailable warrant can be issued under Section 45.

Experts of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) say that if a concrete reason is given for not appearing then ED can give time. Then issues notice again. Under the PMLA Act, repeated disobedience of the notice can lead to arrest.

If CM Kejriwal does not appear further then the investigating officer can go to his residence and interrogate him. If there is solid evidence or satisfactory answers to the questions are not received, they can be arrested.

At the same time, after the warrant is issued, Kejriwal can go to the court and promise to cooperate in the investigation in the presence of his lawyer. On this, the court can direct the ED not to arrest him.