The Supreme Court has cancelled Bhupesh Arora’s bail and refused bail to Rohit Vij in an ED money laundering case, holding that quashing an FIR by compromise does not erase proceeds of crime.
A Special NIA Court at Patiala House has ordered the framing of money laundering charges under Section 3 of the PMLA against Yasin Malik, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Masarat Alam, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, Naval Kishore Kapoor and Trison Farms and Constructions Pvt Ltd, on the ED’s allegation that Rs 8,94,87,639 in proceeds of crime was generated and received. The allegations remain untested at trial.
The CBI claims that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hastily approved the now-scrapped liquor policy during the peak of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Accusations include hawala channel transactions, support from liquor businessmen for the AAP, and increased profit margins for wholesalers. Kejriwal has been arrested and is under further interrogation.
