His legal team will ask the high court to hear the case promptly, preferably on Sunday, according to sources in his Aam Aadmi Party.
Digital Desk: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
His legal team will ask the high court to hear the case promptly, preferably on Sunday, according to sources in his Aam Aadmi Party.
He was placed under ED's custody until March 28 "for his detailed and sustained interrogation," according to a trial court's Friday ruling.
Kejriwal, who was detained by the ED on Friday night, argued in his plea that his confinement and arrest were illegal and that he should be freed immediately.
Hours after the high court denied him protection from the central anti-money laundering agency's coercive action, the ED had arrested Kejriwal.
In an attempt to have all proceedings, including the summonses against him, quashed and set aside, Kejriwal had filed an application with the high court.
As an opposition leader and a member of the INDIA group, Kejriwal claimed in the plea that he is a "vocal critic" of the ruling party and that the ED has been "weaponized" because it is controlled by the Centre.
The Delhi government's excise program for 2021–2022—which was later abandoned—was allegedly formulated and carried out through corruption and money laundering.
Leading AAP politicians Sanjay Singh and Manish Sisodia are being held in judicial custody.
The charge files that the ED has filed contain several references to Kejriwal.
According to the CBI, the accused had contact with Kejriwal when he was creating the excise policy, which gave them unfair benefits in exchange for bribes given to the AAP.
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