The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) formally arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday. The development came after the Rouse Avenue court allowed the CBI to examine Kejriwal in the courtroom and asked it to record the material they have for his arrest, news agency ANI reported.
Kejriwal was brought to the Rouse Avenue court by CBI on Wednesday morning for a hearing in the Delhi excise policy case, where he was also accompanied by Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will also hear Arvind Kejriwal’s petition against the Delhi High Court order provisionally suspending his bail in the money laundering case related to the liquor excise policy, ANI reported.
The probe agency on Tuesday examined the AAP supremo in Tihar jail and recorded his statement related to the Delhi excise policy case.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawyer also posted on after he joined the investigation.” . What he shows did not change the BJP’s vindictive mentality.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail order passed by the trial court, saying the trial court should have at least recorded its satisfaction with the fulfillment of the two conditions of Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before passing the impugned order.
The vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain, while passing the order, said the trial court did not properly appreciate the documents and arguments, ANI reported.
A vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti observed that the High Court’s decision to grant an interim stay on Kejriwal’s bail without passing a final order in the matter was “unusual”, ANI reported.
(With contributions from ANI)
