Minister Atishi, too, made an analogous put up: “News coming in that ED is going to raid Arvind Kejriwal’s residence tomorrow morning. Arrest likely.”

Senior chief Jasmine Shah wrote that “sources confirm ED is going to raid the residence… tomorrow morning. He is likely to be arrested”.

Sources stated social gathering leaders had gone right into a huddle to debate the event. “Senior leaders reached the CM’s House late evening. The news is filtering in as of now,” a senior chief stated.

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Sources in Delhi Police, in the meantime, stated that in gentle of the social media posts by AAP leaders, they’d made safety preparations exterior the ED’s headquarters for Wednesday morning.

Kejriwal has been summoned by the ED thrice up to now – most lately on December 21.

On Wednesday, Kejriwal cited the Rajya Sabha elections, Republic Day celebrations, and the Enforcement Directorate’s method of “non-disclosure” and “non-response” as causes for not showing for questioning earlier than the probe company within the excise coverage case.

His social gathering colleagues, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and communications in-charge Vijay Nair, had been earlier arrested in reference to the case, filed over the now scrapped Delhi excise coverage.

In a letter addressed to the ED assistant director, Kejriwal stated the Election Commission of India had determined to carry the elections to the Rajya Sabha from the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The nominations began on Wednesday, and voting will happen on January 19, he stated.

He additional wrote that he would “be happy to respond to any questionnaire” if the ED sought any info or paperwork in his possession.

Kejriwal was issued the primary summons in October, whereby the ED requested him to seem for questioning on November 2. The second summons had been despatched on December 18, asking him to seem on December 21. The third summons requested him to seem on Wednesday.

Each time, Kejriwal questioned the validity of the summons and skipped questioning. While referring to the 2 letters despatched to the company prior to now, he stated it was a “matter of concern” that no response was acquired.

In his earlier responses, Kejriwal had referred to as the summons “motivated” and alleged they had been “issued for vexatious considerations”. He additionally requested in what capability he was being summoned – “as a witness or a suspect”.