NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate is expected to issue fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the excise policy case, official sources said.The ED sources claimed that a local court recently held Kejriwal guilty of “disobeying” the earlier notices issued to him, warranting the seventh summons.Kejriwal, 55, refused to depose before the federal agency for the sixth time on Monday with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying the ED should wait for the court’s decision instead of repeatedly sending summonses to the CM, also the party’s national convenor.A Delhi court on February 17 had granted exemption to Kejriwal from personal appearance for the day in connection with the complaint filed by the central agency for disobeying its summons in the excise policy-linked money laundering case.The court posted the matter for March 16 and Kejriwal’s counsel assured the court of his physical appearance that day.ED sources said the agency had filed a complaint before this court under section 174 of IPC against Kejriwal for “intentionally disobeying” the first three summons issued to him in this case.The court has taken cognisance of the same and prima facie accepted that Kejriwal committed an offence for which he is liable to be prosecuted, the sources claimed.The question in front of the court is not about the validity of the summons rather the illegal act on part of Kejriwal of intentionally disobeying the said three summons, they said.Hence, the ED is not wrong in issuing him summons despite the court matter listed for March 16, the sources said.
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