Kejriwal’s personal assistant, Jasmine Shah questioned by ED in excise case

The ED case was registered based on a CBI FIR filed last year. The CBI had booked Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, three excise department officials, and various vendors and distributors among the 15 accused it had arraigned in its FIR.

While the AAP did not respond to Thursday’s developments, it has in the past called the allegations false and politically motivated.

The ED has filed two chargesheets, or prosecution complaints, in this case and has arrested nine people so far.

The ED claims that at least 36 accused, including Sisodia and Kumar, allegedly destroyed, used or changed 170 phones to conceal evidence of kickbacks worth thousands of crores of rupees in the alleged scam.

“The IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) of Bibhav’s mobile number is stated to have been changed four times between September 2021 and July 2022,” the ED had said in its chargesheet filed before a local court.

The ED complaint names Sameer Mahendru, AAP’s communication in-charge Vijay Nair, Sarath Reddy; Benoy Babu, the General Manager at Pernod Ricard; and, businessmen Abhishek Boinpally and Amit Arora.

The ED alleged that the conspiracy was to give wholesale business to private entities and fix 12% margin (to get 6% kickback out of the same)”