CBI files fifth, ‘final’ chargesheet against CM Kejriwal
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed a chargesheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in its probe into corruption in the capital’s 2021-22 liquor policy as the probe into the irregularities has been completed.
The fifth and final chargesheet filed by the central probe agency names Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Rajinder Nagar Durgesh Pathak (who was in-charge of the Goa assembly elections in 2022 when the party allegedly received bribes), businessman P Sarath Reddy, who is an approver in a parallel probe by the Enforcement Directorate and has been granted amnesty, and three others, including Vinod Chauhan (an alleged hawala operator said to be close to Kejriwal) and businessmen Amit Arora and Ashish Mathur.
In the latest chargesheet, the CBI has charged 23 persons, including former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and K Kavitha (Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao), under the Prevention of Corruption Act, criminal conspiracy and cheating.
