When courts acquit or discharge accused in predicate offences—often collapsing the very foundation of money-laundering prosecutions—the Enforcement Directorate (ED) should not treat such outcomes as the end of the road, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju said on Thursday, outlining a strategy that includes fresh probes, legal challenges, and intervention against possible collusion. The issues outlined by ASG Raju resonate with ongoing high-profile cases, including the alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy, where Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal is among the accused. The case has seen parallel proceedings in predicate offences and under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), with legal debates centring on how developments in one affect the other. On February 27, 2026, a Delhi trial court discharged former CM Kejriwal, AAP leader Manish Sisodia , and 21 others in the Delhi excise policy case, citing lack of evidence.…