Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has given approval to ED to prosecute Arvind Kejriwal in the alleged money laundering case related to Delhi liquor scam. ED had called Kejriwal the mastermind in this case. The ED had arrested the then Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on March 21 and filed a charge sheet against him, the party and others in May.
Actually, the Supreme Court had said that in those PMLA cases which are registered against people holding any government post, permission of LG will have to be taken for trial. Regarding this, ED had written this letter to the Chief Secretary of Delhi, asking for permission. LG has now given permission to ED. Arvind Kejriwal has also appealed to the High Court to cancel the charge sheet, in which the High Court had issued a notice to the ED on Friday.