Sat Sep 07 05:13:10 UTC 2024: 1. CBI has completed its investigation into the Delhi liquor policy scam and has filed its fifth and final charge sheet in the Rouse Avenue Court.
2. The agency has alleged that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was involved in a criminal conspiracy to create and implement the liquor policy. He had already made up his mind on the privatization of the liquor policy.
3. CBI arrested Kejriwal on June 26 in connection with money laundering related to the Delhi liquor policy. He had previously been arrested by the ED on March 21 for the same.
4. Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal in the ED case on July 12, but he remains in jail in the corruption case. His close aide, Vijay Nayar, was granted bail on September 2 by the Supreme Court.
5. CBI alleges that Vijay Nayar collected ₹100 crore from the South Group in exchange for benefiting them in the liquor policy. The money was then sent to Goa through two other accused.
6. CBI also alleges that Kejriwal directed the South Group to collect ₹100 crore for spending on the Goa assembly elections. They are held responsible for using the funds earned during the elections in a wrongful manner that benefited only the Aam Aadmi Party.
7. Former MLAs accused the party of receiving funds for the elections, and the agency also held AAP’s Goa in-charge, Durgesh Pathak, responsible for taking illegal cash and using it.
8. CBI claims that three stakeholders in the liquor policy, liquor manufacturers, wholesale sellers, and retailers, formed a group to violate regulations for their own benefits, causing significant financial losses to the government.

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