Arvind Kejriwal: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was further remanded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody until April 1st by a Delhi Court on Thursday in connection with the money laundering case pertaining to the alleged liquor policy scam. On March 21st evening, he was taken into custody.
Judicial Decision
The decision was issued by Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts following Kejriwal’s appearance in court following the conclusion of his six-day ED detention. The Delhi High Court just gave Kejriwal notice of his plea contesting the arrest and remand yesterday, declining to provide him any temporary respite.
ED’s Request for Extension
The current chief minister was providing “evasive replies” during questioning, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju said the court, and the agency needed to face him in front of some others who had been called in from Goa. So ED requested seven extra days of detention. “He doesn’t get exonerated if he is a CM. There is no different standards for a CM. Right to arrest a CM is no different from an ordinary man.”
AAP Leaders Summoned
Amit Palekar, the head of the AAP’s Goa chapter, and a few other party leaders were only called in by the ED yesterday to be questioned. They are expected to show up at the Goa headquarters of the agency today.
Kejriwal personally addressed the court today and stated he does not object to remand. He asserted that there is nothing against him and that the whole affair is a “political conspiracy”. The chief minister of Delhi said that the central investigation agency was gathering data on a selective basis and that even the approver was coerced into testifying against him.
