India, March 24 -- The allegations and argument that one of the accused-turned-approvers in the Delhi excise case-in which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is now in ED custody-was acting on political directions, since he had donated money to the Bharatiya Janata Party through electoral bonds, is unlikely to hold much water in the court of law.

The accused-turned-approver, P. Sarath Chandra Reddy, director of the Hyderabad-based Aurobindo Pharma, was arrested by the ED in November 2022. He turned approver in the excise case in June 2023.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from The Sunday Guardian....