Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by the Central Investigation Agency (CBI) in the Excise case. The CBI has taken him into custody from a Delhi court. Earlier he was arrested by ED in this same case.
A Delhi court on Wednesday (June 26) allowed the CBI to formally arrest Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise corruption case, media outlet NDTV reported. CBI arrested Kejriwal on the orders of Special Judge Amitabh Rawat.
Earlier on Tuesday, the investigating agency interrogated the Aam Aadmi Party leader in Tihar jail and recorded his statement.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Arvind Kejriwal on March 21 this year in the excise corruption case. He was granted bail for 21 days on the orders of the Supreme Court on May 10. The court granted three weeks interim bail for the Lok Sabha elections. Kejriwal was again sent to jail after that bail expired.
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court granted his bail on Thursday (June 20). However, the ED applied to postpone Kejriwal’s bail for 48 hours; Which was not accepted. Judge Nyaya Bindu granted Kejriwal bail that day.
The next Friday morning, the Central Investigation Agency filed a case in the High Court challenging the order. Delhi High Court suspended Kejriwal’s bail in response to ED’s plea.
On Tuesday (June 25), the High Court ordered the suspension of the bail order of the Rouse Avenue court in Delhi. The High Court ordered the suspension of the bail order.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has already allowed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief to file a fresh petition challenging the Delhi High Court’s order suspending his bail, Hindustan Times reported.
