{"id":5973,"date":"2024-03-21T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/ed-arrests-delhi-cm-in-excise-policy-case-a-timeline-of-events-india-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T17:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:59:00","slug":"ed-arrests-delhi-cm-in-excise-policy-case-a-timeline-of-events-india-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/ed-arrests-delhi-cm-in-excise-policy-case-a-timeline-of-events-india-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"ED arrests Delhi CM in excise policy case. A timeline of events | India News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108685989,imgsize-35070.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"ED arrests Delhi CM in excise policy case. A timeline of events | India News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"ED arrests Delhi CM in excise policy case. A timeline of events | India News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Delhi chief minister<!-- --> Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested on Thursday by <!-- -->Enforcement Directorate<!-- --> after questioning him for two hours at his residence. He has been arrested in connection with the <!-- -->liquor policy case<!-- -->. <br \/>The arrest, the first of a sitting chief minister, came hours after the <!-- -->Delhi High Court<!-- --> refused to grant protection to the AAP national convenor from any coercive action by the agency.<br \/>Officials said the ED would produce the chief minister before a court on Friday and seek his custody for interrogation.<br \/>The case pertains to alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speakingtree.in\/topics\/nature\/corruption\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">corruption<\/a> and <!-- -->money laundering<!-- --> in formulating and executing the Delhi government&#8217;s <!-- -->excise policy<!-- --> for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.<br \/>Before being arrested by the ED, Kejriwal had skipped nine summons from the central agency. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">Here&#8217;s a timeline of Kejriwal&#8217;s battle with ED:<\/span><br \/>November 2021: Delhi government implements new excise policy.<br \/>October 2023: ED sends first summons to Delhi chief minister <!-- -->Arvind Kejriwal<!-- --> in connection with the liquor policy scam.<br \/>November 2023: Kejriwal skipped ED\u2019s first summons on November 2 and flew to Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh to address a political rally.<br \/>December 2023: Kejriwal skips second summon calling it \u2018illegal and politically motivated\u2019.<br \/>December 2023: ED issued third summons to Kejriwal to appear before it for questioning on January 3.<br \/>January 2024: Kejriwal skipped the third summon alleging consipiracy by the Central government.<br \/>January 2024: ED issued fourth summons to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor asking him to present himself for questioning on January 18.<br \/>January 2024: Kejriwal responded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED)&#8217;s summonses to him asking the agency why notices were issued to him if he was not an accused in the alleged Delhi excise policy case.<br \/>January 2024: Fifth summons issued by ED.<br \/>February 2024: Kejriwal skips fifth summon by the Enforcement Directorate for the fifth time.<br \/>February 2024: ED moved court alleging that the AAP leader was not complying with the summons.<br \/>February 2024: Delhi court grants Kejriwal exemption from personal appearance for the day.<br \/>February 2024: Kejriwal skipped seventh summon. AAP claimed that they had raised legal questions on &#8220;illegal summon&#8221; of ED and had not received a response.<br \/>March 2024: A sessions court grants bail to Kejriwal on two complaints filed by ED against him for skipping its summonses in the case.<br \/>March 2024: CM Arvind Kejriwal moves Delhi high court against ED summonses. The chief minister told Delhi high court he won\u2019t appear before Enforcement Directorate as there is a \u201cclear intent\u201d to arrest him with elections around the corner.<br \/>March 2024: Delhi high court refused to grant Kejriwal any protection from coercive action.<br \/>March 2024: Hours after the high court denied him relief, Kejriwal moved the Supreme Court seeking protection from any coercive action by the Enforcement Directorate.<br \/>March 2024: Kejriwal had skipped nine summonses issued by the agency for questioning. ED arrests Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.<br \/>March 2024: Delhi minister Atishi said a legal team is heading to the residence of the Registrar of the Supreme Court to seek &#8220;quashing&#8221; of the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested on Thursday by Enforcement Directorate after questioning him for two hours at his residence. 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