Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was directly dealing with a hawala operator to pump slush funds into the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) unit to contest the 2022 Goa state assembly election.
The alleged slush fund was part of kickbacks Kejriwal had received from the South group to tweak Delhi liquor policy.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigating a Delhi liquor scam worth over Rs 100 Crore made a partial disclosure of the alleged association of Kejriwal with hawala operator.
Authoritative sources confided that the agency had long placed the hawala operator on surveillance when it detected Kejriwal purportedly chatting with him to coordinate cash transfer to Goa through hawala channels.
The ED which filed a chargesheet against Kejriwal and his party the AAP — on Friday has claimed that the said lengthy chat is among many clinching evidence that the agency possesses against Kejriwal and his party.
“Physical and electronic identity of persons (Kejriwal and Hawala operator) involved in chat are well established. There is no ambiguity about the issue (fund transfer) they are talking about. The conversation establishes what they are planning and how they want to execute that plan. Hence if someone (Kejriwal) claims unawareness about the scam, denying any kind of involvement, this chat is evidence,” well-placed sources said.
As per the ED out of Rs 100 Crore in bribes Rs 45 crore was funneled to the AAP to fund the campaign for the 2022 Goa Assembly elections and Kejriwal was directly dealing Hawala transfer.
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