Delhi court extends ED custody of CM Arvind Kejriwal till April 1
Heated arguments ensued at the Rouse Avenue Court between Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who addressed the Court himself, and the lawyers of the ED.
NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court on Thursday extended the custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) by another four days until April 1 in the money laundering case related to the now-scrapped Delhi Excise policy.
The ED had sought a 7-day custody of the chief minister. however, the Court only granted four days custody. Kejriwal will be produced in court on April 1 at 11:30 am.
During the hearing, the probe agency, while seeking Kejriwal’s further custody, stated that the chief minister was giving evasive replies during his interrogation period and needed to confront more suspected individuals who had been recently summoned by the agency.
Heated arguments ensued at the Rouse Avenue Court between Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who addressed the Court himself, and the lawyers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Kejriwal raised concerns, stating, “I am named by four witnesses in the excise policy case. Are four statements enough to arrest a sitting CM.Where is that Rs 100 Crore liquor scam money which ED is always claiming. The whole case began only after ED started investigating it,” alleging that the liquor policy case is a political conspiracy aimed at crushing the Aam Aadmi Party.
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