The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on July 29 named Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with five others, in its final charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy 2021-22 scam.

The CBI, in its fifth supplementary charge sheet and the last as well, filed in the court of special judge (PC Act) Kaveri Baweja, also named Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Durgesh Pathak; P. Sarath Chandra Reddy, then director of Aurobindo Pharma who has turned approver in the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) money laundering case; Vinod Chauhan, who was allegedly involved with the South lobby in the transfer of funds to the AAP, along with two businessmen Amit Arora and Ashish Mathur.

The CBI has charged 16 people, including Mr. Kejriwal, former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Telangana MLC K. Kavitha in the case, being investigated since 2022 after a complaint filed by Delhi Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena.