Kejriwal’s stay in luxury hotel during 2022 Goa polls partly funded by co-accused: ED tells SC

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it had evidence to prove that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s stay at a luxury hotel during the 2022 Goa Assembly elections was partly funded by another person accused in the liquor policy case, Live Law reported.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing Kejriwal’s petition seeking interim bail in the case.

The Aam Aadmi Party chief was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 for his alleged role in the liquor policy case. He is currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.

On Tuesday, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the central agency, alleged that Kejriwal’s stay at a hotel during the 2022 Assembly elections in Goa was partially paid for by Chanpreet Singh, who was arrested in the case on April 12.

The Enforcement Directorate alleged that Singh managed funds for the Aam Aadmi Party’s election campaign in Goa.

“We have found that Arvind Kejriwal stayed in a 7-star grand hotel called Grand Hyatt in Goa during the Goa elections,” Raju told the court on Tuesday. “And at that time, part of his bills were paid by the general administrative department of Delhi government, but part of it was paid by Chanpreet Singh.”

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