Arvind Kejriwal and CBI
A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order on a CBI plea seeking 14-day judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case related to excise policy. The CBI has filed an application to send Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to Tihar Jail in judicial custody, accusing Kejriwal of non-cooperation in the investigation by the investigating agency.
The CBI said that Kejriwal deliberately did not answer questions related to the liquor scam. Kejriwal also did not give a proper answer on the reason for increasing the profit margin from 5 percent to 12 percent in the new liquor policy.
The CBI told the court that when the second wave of Corona was going on in the country, was there a need to change the liquor policy in the cabinet? Why was there such a rush? The accused in the case related to South Lobby stayed in Delhi. Vijay Nair, close to Kejriwal, was in touch. Why was the government in a hurry to implement the new liquor policy?
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Kejriwal did not cooperate with the inquiry
CBI said that during interrogation, Arvind Kejriwal came to know about several meetings of his close aide Vijay Nair with liquor businessmen, demand of bribes worth crores of rupees, use of bribes of around Rs 44.5 crores in Goa elections, several meetings with Magunta Srinivasallu Reddy, Arjun Pandey. And Mutha Gautam kept avoiding answering many questions like the reason for the meeting.
In such a situation CBI said that that is why they do not need Arvind Kejriwal’s remand. Kejriwal should be jailed in judicial custody.
The CBI sought judicial custody
Kejriwal was produced before the court by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after the completion of the three-day custodial period. Special Judge Sunaina Sharma reserved her order on a plea seeking jailing of the AAP chief. The Delhi Chief Minister was arrested by the CBI in connection with irregularities in his government’s excise policy.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him on March 21 in a money laundering case related to the excise policy. He was granted bail by the lower court, which was stayed by the Delhi High Court.
