Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal arrested by ED
The action comes despite the Delhi CM moving the Supreme Court against the Delhi high court’s order denying him protection from coercive action.
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Arvind Kejriwal from his residence hours after the Delhi High Court denied the Delhi CM protection against “coercive action” by the agency in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.
Reacting to the arrest, AAP leader Atishi said Kejriwal will run the governmenment from jail. “We have always said that Arvind Kejriwal will run the government from jail. He will remain the CM of Delhi.”
She further mentioned that they have filed a case in the Supreme Court, and their lawyers are heading to the SC to demand an urgent hearing on Thursday night itself.
Earlier, the Delhi CM was questioned by the sleuths in the Delhi excise policy case. The ED was said to have recorded Kejriwal’s statement under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED team included half a dozen senior officers with a Joint Director of the probe agency leading them. Sources said that Kejriwal’s mobile phone had been seized.
Anticipating that a large number of AAP workers could try to reach the CM’s residence in protest against the action, a heavy security ring including the personnel of the Rapid Action Force was put in place initially. Later, Section 144 was also imposed around Kejriwal’s residence a little before the arrest.
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