New Delhi:

A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was despatched to seven-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate, Aam Aadmi Social gathering claimed that the cash path within the Delhi liquor coverage case led to the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering. The probe company informed the court docket that Arvind Kejriwal acted as a intermediary and facilitated kickbacks to the Delhi authorities value Rs 100 crore from the “South Group”.

Countering the claims, AAP’s Atishi mentioned that the cash path within the case led to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Social gathering. She primarily based her claims on the truth that Aurobindo Pharma director Sharath Chandra Reddy, who was additionally arrested within the case in 2022, has donated to the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering via electoral bonds.

“In these two years, a query has come up repeatedly – The place is the cash path? The place did the cash go? No proceeds of crime have been recovered from any chief, minister or employee of AAP,” mentioned Atishi, who’s No. 2 within the Delhi authorities.

“Sharat Chandra Reddy was summoned on ninth November 2022 for questioning. He clearly mentioned that he by no means met or spoke with Arvind Kejriwal and has nothing to do with AAP. As quickly as he mentioned that, he was arrested the following day by the ED. After being in jail for a number of months, he modified his assertion. He mentioned that he met Arvind Kejriwal and spoke with him over the excise coverage matter. He was granted bail as quickly as he mentioned that,” Atishi added.

Citing the information on donations via electoral bonds not too long ago launched by the Election Fee, Atishi mentioned that Aurobindo Pharma donated crores of rupees to the BJP. The info reveals that Aurobindo Pharma bought bonds value Rs 52 crore between April 2021 and November 2023, of which 66% have been for the BJP, whereas the remaining have been cut up between Telangana-based Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Andhra-based Telugu Desam Social gathering.

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Arvind Kejriwal was on Thursday arrested by the ED in a corruption case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi liquor coverage. The ED’s case is that the Delhi liquor coverage 2021-22 supplied an exceptionally high-profit margin of 12 per cent for wholesalers and practically 185 per cent for retailers. Of the 12 per cent, 6 per cent was to be recovered from wholesalers as kickbacks for AAP leaders, and the “South Group” allegedly gave Rs 100 crore prematurely to a different accused, Vijay Nair, who was linked to the AAP.

The “South Group” is the identify given by central companies to an alleged community of middlemen, businessmen and politicians.

The AAP has insisted that Mr Kejriwal will perform as the pinnacle of presidency, even when it meant doing so from inside jail.