Arvind Kejriwal raises concerns over ED's inclusion of Sanjay Singh's name in Delhi excise policy case chargesheet

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday alleged that there were deliberate attempts to tarnish the image of the "most honest party in the country".
He questioned how it was possible for someone's name to be mistakenly included in a chargesheet.

Kejriwal's remarks came after AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh wrote to the Union finance ministry secretary, seeking permission to prosecute Enforcement Directorate (ED) director Sanjay Kumar Mishra and assistant director Jogender Singh in relation to allegations made against him in the Delhi excise policy case.
According to sources within the ED, the AAP leader's name was mentioned four times in the agency's charge sheet, out of which one reference was inadvertently typed in error.
They stated that the agency had filed a petition before the designated special PMLA court on April 20 to correct the mistake in the prosecution complaint (chargesheet) after discovering the “typographical/clerical error”.
An ED counsel wrote to Singh's lawyer on April 29 saying "instead of Rahul Singh, Sanjay Singh was inadvertently mentioned at only one reference".
"The application for correction is much prior to the date of the present notice (Sanjay Singh's notice to the ED on April 22), which demonstrates the bona fide of the agency," the ED counsel said.

In a tweet in Hindi, Kejriwal said: "Can someone's name be included in a chargesheet by mistake? It is clear from this that the whole case is fake. Prime Minister is doing this just to defame the most honest party of the country and to stop the fastest growing party as part of dirty politics. It is unbecoming of them."
The Aam Aadmi Party also claimed that the mention of Singh's name in the ED charge sheet was a "deliberate attempt" to defame the party and its leaders, including Kejriwal.
(With inputs from PTI)