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Centre grants ED approval to prosecute Arvind Kejriwal in liquor policy case

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The Union Home Ministry has granted sanction to the Enforcement Directorate to prosecute former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy linked money laundering case, officials said.

The federal agency has filed a chargesheet against the 56-year-old politician before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court here last year after arresting him in March.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently granted the required sanction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for prosecuting Mr. Kejriwal under the anti-money laundering law in the Delhi excise policy case, officials said.