On the basis of the Excise Policy Case…
New Delhi: On Thursday, 09 February 2023, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested advertising professional Rajesh Joshi in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy, officials said.
Rajesh Joshi was under arrest under the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and his links with regard to alleged diversion of 'kickbacks' for the Goa assembly polls of last year are under the scanner of the agency, they said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged in a charge sheet submitted to the court that a part of the alleged ? 100 crore "kickbacks" generated in the scrapped Delhi excise policy were "used" in the 2022 Goa assembly election campaign of the CM Arvind Kejriwal-led party.
Till now, the ED, has filed two charge sheets or prosecution complaints in this case and has arrested a total of eight people, including Rajesh Joshi.
The Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering stems from the CBI FIR. Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and other excise officials of the government were named as accused in the CBI and the ED complaints.
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