Delhi LG recommends NIA probe against Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi LG V K Saxena's office has recommended an NIA probe against jailed chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal citing complaints of him allegedly accepting funding from the banned terrorist organisation 'Sikhs for Justice'.

The move comes a day ahead of the Supreme Court hearing to consider granting of an interim bail for Kejriwal due to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The AAP chief, who is in Tihar jail, was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an excise policy linked money laundering case.

In a communication to the Union home secretary, the LG's secretariat has cited a complaint from the World Hindu Federation against Kejriwal and has sought an NIA probe into the matter due to the "sensitivity and seriousness" of the allegations levelled against the CM. The complaint alleges that the Kejriwal-led AAP took $16 million funding from Khalistani groups between 2014 and 2022 and sought the release of terrorist Devendra Pal Bhullar involved in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case. Bhullar, who is in an Amritsar Jail, was sentenced to death by a designated TADA court on in 2001 and is undergoing life imprisonment after the Supreme Court commuted his death sentence. The complaint also cites a video released by Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun for the same.


"The electronic evidence adduced by the complainant requires investigation including forensic examination," the letter says.

The LG office has also referred to an alleged letter written by Kejriwal to one Iqbal Singh in 2014, mentioning that the AAP government has recommended the release of Bhullar to the President.