Delhi court extends Arvind Kejriwal's custody
Delhi court extends Arvind Kejriwal’s custody
A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till May 20 in Excise policy case.
Judge Kaveri Baweja passed the order.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court today questioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the “delay” in its probe into the excise policy-linked money laundering case involving Kejriwal, and asked the agency to produce case files before the arrest of the AAP leader. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta also asked the ED to produce case files before and after the arrest of Delhi’s former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who is also an accused in the case.
The bench is hearing arguments on Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the ED in the case.
Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custody.
The top court had issued a notice to the ED on April 15 and sought its response to Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest.
On April 9, the Delhi High Court had upheld Kejriwal’s arrest, saying there was no illegality and the ED was left with “little option” after he skipped repeated summonses and refused to join the investigation.
The case relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government’s now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22.
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