The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday for questioning in relation to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy case.

In its preliminary complaint (akin to a chargesheet) filed in a  Delhi Court in January last year, the agency had said that Kejriwal allegedly spoke in a video call with one of the main accused, Sameer Mahendru, and asked him to continue working with co-accused Vijay Nair, Aam Aadmi Partys communication in-charge, whom he referred to as “his boy”.

Earlier, in April this year, Kejriwal was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with its case on the excise policy. After being questioned for nine hours, Kejriwal said he was asked 56 questions, mostly centered around why the policy was brought in and when it was prepared.

The ED summons came on a day the Supreme Court denied bail to Kejriwal’s former deputy, Manish Sisodia in the same case, stating there is “material and evidence” which “tentatively” supports one charge under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

In its prosecution complaint, ED had referred to a statement allegedly recorded by Indospirits owner and an accused in the case, Sameer Mahendru, in which he claimed that Nair told him “the new excise policy was a brainchild of Arvind Kejriwal”.