India, Feb. 28 -- Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials said on Friday that their investigation into the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case is a "standalone" probe built on credible evidence and testimonials from various entities.

A Delhi court discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his ex-deputy in the government, Manish Sisodia, and 19 others in the CBI case on Friday.

The ED case of August 22, 2022, stems from a CBI FIR lodged on August 17, 2022, to probe alleged irregularities in the Delhi government's 2021-22 excise policy. Kejriwal, the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was the chief minister of Delhi then.

The agency cannot independently register a criminal case under the Prevention ...