NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's PA Bibhav Kumar in connection with the money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in Delhi excise policy 2021-22.
"Vijay Nair told Sameer Mahendru that 2021-22 excise policy was the brain child of Arvind Kejriwal. Mahendru wanted to verify this fact. And to verify the credibility, clout and influence of Nair, Mahendru wanted to meet Kejriwal. Kejriwal's PA fixed meetings between Mahendru and Kejriwal twice at the instance of Nair. But Mahendru couldn't somehow meet Kejriwal, so Nair made Mahendru speak to Kejriwal on FaceTime (a calling app), " the ED alleged in its charge-sheet.
Sameer Mahandru is a Delhi-based liquor businessman who's the Managing Director of the wine company Inospirit Group. Both Nair and Mahendru have been arrested in connection with the case.
A source said that it was Bibhav Kumar's cellphone which was used by Mahendru to make the call to Kejriwal.
IANS repeatedly asked Bibhav Kumar about the ED questioning after the latter came out of the agency office, but he didn't give any reply.
The ED had on February 11 arrested YSR Congress MP Magunta Srinivas Reddy's son Raghav Magunta in the matter.
Before Magunta, the ED had arrested Punjab-based businessman Gautam Malhotra and Rajesh Joshi, an aide of AAP's social media in-charge Vijay Nair.
On February 20, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sent him a notice to appear before the probe agency on February 26 in connection with the excise policy case.
SAN FRANCISCO: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature which will allow users to filter app settings with a new search bar on iOS beta.
The new feature is released to some beta testers after installing the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.4.0.73 update from the TestFlight app, reports WABetaInfo.
The new search bar is present within the app settings section and is designed to allow users to easily navigate through the application's settings by searching for particular settings instead of scrolling through the list.
With the new feature, users can type in the search bar what they are looking for and the application will display the matching results.
The feature is helpful as it will save users time and effort, and will also be helpful for those who are not familiar with the app settings.
The ability to filter settings by using the new search bar is currently available to some beta testers and is expected to roll out to more users over the coming days, the report said.
Earlier this week, it was reported that the messaging platform was working on a new feature which will allow users to send photos with high quality on iOS beta.