Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal, who was taken to Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court by the CBI on Wednesday, experienced a drop in his sugar levels.
This led to him being brought out of the courtroom for tea and biscuits. His wife, Sunita Kejriwal, accompanied him to the Ahlmad room, following court permission. This event occurred shortly after the CBI had formally arrested him in connection with the Excise Policy case.
Kejriwal was taken into custody by the CBI after the Vacation Judge of Delhi Court allowed the agency to examine him in the courtroom, enabling his formal arrest. The court also instructed the CBI to place on record the material justifying his arrest.
Kejriwal was produced before the court of vacation judge Amitabh Rawat in compliance with the production warrant issued by the court the previous day.
During the hearing, Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal, AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, and AAP leader Dilip Pandey were present in the courtroom. CBI’s Special Public Prosecutor DP Singh extensively argued and opposed submissions made by Kejriwal’s lawyer. The advocate also moved an application seeking a supply of interrogation applications by the CBI and the related court orders.
On Tuesday, Kejriwal was in Tihar Jail, where he recorded his statement related to the Excise Policy case. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Excise Policy money laundering case on March 21 this year and is currently in judicial custody.
AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that the arrest of the Delhi CM by the CBI was a conspiracy by the central government. “The conspiracy of the Centre is so clearly visible. The entire case of the Central Government is false. Now that the secrets are being revealed, the CBI will arrest them even before they get bail. And BJP talks about the emergency imposed by Congress 50 years ago,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter).
The AAP’s official handle also posted that Arvind Kejriwal would not bow down regardless of the pressure put on him. “Today when there was every possibility of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal getting bail, the BJP in panic got Kejriwal arrested by CBI through a fake case. CBI took Kejriwal ji to Rouse Avenue Court, where his blood sugar level dropped very low. Dictator, no matter how much oppression you inflict, Kejriwal will neither bow down nor break,” the AAP posted on X.
On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court stayed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail order passed by the trial court. The court stated that the trial court should have recorded its satisfaction with the fulfilment of the twin conditions of section 45 of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before passing the impugned order.
The vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain, while passing the order, noted that the documents and arguments were not properly appreciated by the trial court.
On June 20, the trial judge granted bail to Kejriwal in the money laundering case. The next day, the ED moved an urgent petition before the High Court challenging the bail order. The High Court heard both sides extensively, reserved orders on the ED’s application to stay the bail order, and halted the release of Kejriwal until the pronouncement of its order.
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