CBI arrests Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi excise policy case
Kejriwal has been remanded in CBI custody for three days and will be produced before court on June 29
New Delhi, June 26
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case after the Rouse Avenue Court allowed the agency to examine him in court.
Kejriwal has been remanded in CBI custody for three days and will be produced before court on June 29.
Kejriwal was arrested by the ED in the money laundering case stemming from the alleged liquor policy scam on March 21. He is presently lodged in Tihar Jail.
The development took place a day after the Delhi High Court stayed the trial court order granting bail to Kejriwal. On June 20, the trial court had granted bail to Kejriwal and ordered his release on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.
The CBI claimed that Kejriwal said Vijay Nair, former communication-in-charge of the AAP and an accused in the case, worked under Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj.
CBI, in its application seeking Kejriwal's custody, told the court that he was required to be quizzed to unearth the larger conspiracy in the matter. It also said that the AAP chief was required to be confronted with evidence and other people accused in the case.
The excise case pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.
