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AAP is the direct beneficiary of Rs 45 lakh out of Rs 100 lakh sent through remittance channels for the assembly elections in Goa, the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Liquor Enforcement Directorate said. India Today has exclusive access to the details of the chargesheet, which, according to the ED, details the role of AAP and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in alcohol policy. A Delhi court accepted ED's charge sheet and issued an order to produce evidence against Arvind Kejriwal on July 12. Kejriwal, dubbed 'King' by the ED, is the 37th accused while the AAP has been named as the accused. He is the 38th defendant in the indictment. This is the first time that a national political party has been named as a suspect in a complaint filed by a government agency in a corruption case. AAP benefits from proceeds of crime worth Rs 45 billion.
The ED chargesheet states that the funds that came to Goa through remittances were controlled by Chanpreet Singh, an employee of Chariot Productions. For this, Singh, who worked as a freelancer for the AAP's election campaign in Goa, received Rs 100,000 from the party. The agency also cited a conversation between Arvind Kejriwal and former AAP secretary Manish Sisodia and how the chief minister allegedly tried to mislead the investigation. The agency also claimed that large amounts of evidence had been suppressed. ED also mentioned in its charge sheet that Arvind Kejriwal's close associate Vinod Chauhan was in direct contact with the hawala traders. The ED investigation revealed that Mr. Chauhan was responsible for transferring Rs 250 crore through hawala route for Goa elections. He was arrested by that agency in May this year. Mr Chouhan was involved in the Delhi Jal board and arranged a meeting with the state's chief minister. The ED said Abhishek Boinpalli of the south group allegedly handed over two bags of cash to another accused Ashok Kaushik, which was then passed on to Chauhan.
The AAP chief told the ED that Vijay Nair, one of the accused in the excise policy case, worked for Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj and not for him. Kejriwal also suggested that Dorkesh Pathak was the prabhari (in charge) of the state of Goa and controlled the funds. The AAP president also claimed that he was not involved in financial decisions and that he did not receive any bribe from the accused and BRS leader K. Kavitha.
