• Feedback
  • RSS Feed
  • Sitemap
Ommcom News
  • Home
  • Odisha
  • Nation
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
  • Science & Tech
  • Photo Gallery
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ପଢନ୍ତୁ
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Odisha
  • Nation
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
  • Science & Tech
  • Photo Gallery
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ପଢନ୍ତୁ
No Result
View All Result
Odisha News, Odisha Breaking News, Odisha Latest News || Ommcom News
Home Nation

Treating Politician Differently From Ordinary Criminal Will Violate Constitution: ED Tells SC On CM Kejriwal’s Plea

OMMCOM NEWS by OMMCOM NEWS
April 25, 2024
in Nation

New Delhi:  On Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has told the Supreme Court that treating a politician differently from an ordinary criminal in a matter of arrest would violate the principle of equality enshrined under Article 14 of the Constitution.

“The petitioner was arrested because the investigating officer has material as required under section 19 which would indicate his guilt of the offence of money laundering punishable under PMLA. Differential treatment in favour of a politician who is guilty of the offence of money laundering would violate ‘rule of law which would be a violation of the basic structure of the Constitution,” the financial probe agency said in its affidavit.

The ED claimed that the investigation of the Excise policy case has to be seen as the background of the large-scale destruction of evidence.

“A total of over 170 approx mobile phones were changed/destroyed by 36 persons (accused and other persons involved) during the period of Scam and when the Scam and irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-22 became public,” the agency claimed in its affidavit.

In this manner, the crucial digital evidence of the scam and money trail has been actively destroyed by the accused and other persons involved.

“Despite such active and criminal destruction of evidence, the agency has been able to recover key evidence which directly reveals the role of the petitioner in process and activities relating to proceeds of crime,” it said.

The ED said that the destruction of digital phones highlighted above should be considered in the context that the accused/suspects were using high-end smartphones which had huge capacity to store the digital data/ evidence.

“In the last decade, the practice of keeping data in digital format and its storage in smartphones has become a normal practice of record keeping of sensitive data. The large-scale destruction of digital evidence in this case was intentionally made to destroy evidence of involvement of these accused in the offence of money laundering by destroying evidence of handling of proceeds of crime, money trail as well as their involvement/ connection in the process/ activities connected with proceeds of crime for commissioning of offence of money laundering,” the agency said.

The ED said that the act of proactive destruction of evidence leads to only one inference that the accused made conscious efforts to destroy evidence of the offence of money laundering.

“The destruction of evidence itself is a corroboration of the statements of these accused under section 50 of PMLA (which itself is legally admissible evidence) as well as the involvement of these accused in the offence of money laundering,” the affidavit added.

(IANS)

Tags: Arvind Kejriwal
ShareTweetSendSharePinShareSend
Previous Post

PM Modi Urges People To Not Get Upset With ‘Insulting Language’ Used Against Him By Congress

Next Post

EC Sends Notice To BJP Over PM Modi’s Speech In Banswara

Related Posts

PM Modi
Nation

PM Modi Launches Gyan Bharatam Portal, Says Need To Explore Past Through Technology

September 12, 2025
PM Modi
Nation

Fully Committed To Inclusive, All-Round Development Of Manipur: PM Modi

September 12, 2025
PM Modi
Nation

Need To Explore The Past Through Technology: PM Modi

September 12, 2025
Supreme Court
Nation

Supreme Court Bans Taking Photos, Making Videos In Its High Security Zone

September 12, 2025
PM Modi
Nation

PM Modi To Throw Open World Food India 2025 Mega Event In Delhi On Sept 25

September 12, 2025
PM Modi
Nation

PM Modi To Unveil Rs 8,500-Cr Projects In Manipur Tomorrow To Boost Peace And Progress

September 12, 2025
Next Post
ECI

EC Sends Notice To BJP Over PM Modi's Speech In Banswara

Adani Group’s ACC Limited Logs Highest-Ever Annualised PAT At Rs 2,337 Crore In FY24

Congress, SP playing divisive politics, says PM Modi in Agra

Khimji
OMC
  • Feedback
  • RSS Feed
  • Sitemap

© 2025 - Ommcom News. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Odisha
  • Nation
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
  • Science & Tech
  • Photo Gallery
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ପଢନ୍ତୁ

© 2025 - Ommcom News. All Rights Reserved.