After the Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a sixth summon to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case, and the AAP leader appeared in court via video conferencing. The Rouse Avenue Court summoned Arvind Kejriwal to appear before the court today after the ED filed a complaint against him for skipping earlier summons.
The CM informed the court that he would be unable to attend in court today owing to the assembly's discussion on no-confidence motion against him and the ongoing budget session. The court has set March 16 for Arvind Kejriwal's personal appearance.
Earlier on February 7, the court issued summons to Kejriwal for February 17, stating that the AAP chairman was "legally bound" to respond.
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On February 3, the ED filed a complaint against Arvind Kejriwal at Rouse Avenue Court after he failed to appear for five summons issued by the probe agency in the excise policy case.
The complaint was filed under Section 174 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for failure to appear in response to a public servant's order, and Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for failure to comply with ED summonses.
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Arvind Kejriwal has already written to the ED, calling prior summonses as "illegal and politically motivated". He alleged that the summonses were intended to prevent him from campaigning for elections.