Arvind Kejriwal arrested: What we know about liquor policy case, The ED had first issued a summons to Kejriwal in October 2023. Since then, Kejriwal has skipped nine summons by the ED. The last summon was issued on March 17, 2024.

Aam Aadmi Party National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were arrested from his official residence by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday, March 21, hours after the Delhi High Court turned down his petition requesting against coercive action by the ED in the excise policy case.

Here's a rundown of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy and what we know so far:

1- The now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case is based on the 2021 liquor policy introduced by the AAP government aimed to reform the excise sector by privatizing liquor stores and adjusting licensing criteria. The new excise policy was adopted in November 2021.

2- Within a few months, the Delhi Chief Secretary reported gross violations in the policy brought in by the Delhi government.

3- In July 2022, the Delhi Lieutenant Governor recommended a CBI probe into the violation of liquor rules. CBI conducted a raid in August 2022 on Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and three others. Based on the findings, the Enforcement Directorate filed a money laundering case on liquor policy on August 22, 2022.

4- Until now, the ED has conducted searches on 245 locations across the country, including Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and other places. Around 15 persons, including Sisodia, Nair, and Sanjay Singh from the AAP, have been arrested.

5- Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26, 2023. He was later arrested by the ED in a PMLA case originating from the CBI’s FIR.

6- Last week, BRS leader K Kavitha was arrested by ED in connection with the scam. The BRS leader was arrested hours after a probe agency team conducted searches at her Hyderabad residence.

7- The ED in its case has alleged that K Kavitha paid Rs 100 crore to top AAP leaders to get benefits of the new Delhi excise policy.

8- ED has claimed in the past that AAP leaders received kickbacks worth Rs 100 crore in the excise policy. Kejriwal's name has also been mentioned multiple times in the charge sheets filed by the ED. The agency has alleged that the accused were in touch with Kejriwal for formulating the excise policy.

9- The ED had first issued a summons to the AAP supremo in October 2023. Since then, Kejriwal has skipped nine summons by the ED. The last summon was issued on March 17, 2024.

10- The ED had earlier moved the magisterial court seeking Kejriwal's prosecution for not attending the first three summonses issued to him in the money laundering case.

11- After AAP's supremo's arrest on Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said it has moved the apex court for relief. Delhi minister Atishi said that their legal team is headed to the residence of the Supreme Court Registrar to seek an urgent hearing on the matter.