Excise policy case: ED summons Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for third time, asks him to appear on Jan 3

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued a fresh summon to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case and has asked him to appear before the central agency on January 3, sources told PTI. This is the third notice to Kejriwal after he refused to appear before the ED on two earlier summons for November 2 and December 21. Kejriwal was earlier summoned by the ED in connection with an excise policy case on December 18, asking him to appear before the central agency for questioning on December 21. The Delhi CM was first called by the central agency to appear on November 2, but he did not depose, alleging that the notice was “vague, motivated and unsustainable in law.” “The said summons is not clear as to the capacity in which I am being summoned i.e. as a witness or a suspect in the above-mentioned case. Please recall the said summons, which is, to say the least, vague and motivated and I am advised, unsustainable in law,” Kejriwal had stated in his letter to Jogendar, Assistant Director, ED. He further alleged that the said summons appears to be politically motivated and issued for extraneous considerations. Arvind Kejriwal was again summoned by the ED in connection with the Delhi excise policy case on December 18. However, the Delhi Chief Minister chose to skip appearing before the central agency, stating that it was just to create sensational news in the final months of the parliamentary elections in 2024. With inputs from agencies.