GUWAHATI, March 22: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Thursday night (March 21) arrested by the ED in connection with gross anomalies in the Delhi Government’s Excise Policy, more popularly known as ‘Liquorgate’.
Here’s a timeline of the developments leading up to the Delhi CM’s arrest.
- November 2021: Delhi government implements new excise policy
- August 19, 2022: CBI raids then Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and three others after Delhi Lieutenant Governor recommended a CBI probe into violation of rules
- August 22, 2022: Enforcement Directorate files money laundering case
- March 2023: Enforcement Directorate arrests Minister Manish Sisodia
- October 2023: ED arrests AAP leader Sanjay Singh
- October 2023: ED sends first summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
- November 2023: Kejriwal skips ED’s first summons on November 2.
- December 2023: Kejriwal skips second summon calling it ‘illegal and politically motivated’
- Dec 2023-March 2024: Kejriwal skips multiple summons issued by the ED, forcing the agency to move court against the Delhi CM
- March 16, 2024: Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha arrested by Enforcement Directorate
- March 21, 2024: Arvind Kejriwal skips ED’s summons for ninth time.
- March 21, 2024: Delhi High Court refuses to grant Kejriwal any protection from coercive action
- March 21, 2024: A team from the Enforcement Directorate arrives at the Delhi CM’s official residence, carries out a search and questions him
- March 21, 2024: ED arrests Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
