New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed a fresh and ninth chargesheet in a money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy, naming Vinod Chauhan as an accused, official sources said.

Chauhan was arrested by the federal agency in May as part of this investigation.

A fresh and ninth prosecution complaint (chargesheet) was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court here, naming Vinod Chauhan, sources said.

He was the 18th person to be arrested by the ED in the case, in which the ED had also detained Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, his party aide and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP. Sanjay Singh, BRS leader and politician daughter of former Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao K Kavitha and several liquor barons and others.

The ED has mentioned Chauhan's alleged role in the case in an official document presented before a court regarding Kavita's arrest.