Excise policy case: ED summons Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot

Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot has been summoned by the ED for questioning in a money-laundering case related to the scrapped excise policy. Gahlot, an AAP MLA, is to have his statement recorded under the PMLA. The case involves corruption in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government's excise policy. AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh are already in judicial custody.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot for questioning on Saturday in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped excise policy for the capital, official sources said.

Gahlot (49), an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Najafgarh, is the minister for transport, home and law in the Delhi government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested in the case by the federal agency.

The sources said Gahlot has been asked to appear for questioning in the case and getting his statement recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The case pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.

AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh were arrested by the ED in the case earlier and they are in judicial custody.

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