Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s woes show no signs of abating. He is appearing in Rouse Avenue Court today in a money laundering case related to the liquor scam. Kejriwal’s CBI remand is ending today. The CBI arrested him on June 26. After this, the court sent him to CBI custody for three days.
The CBI sought 5 days’ custody of CM Kejriwal from the Roose Avenue court, but the agency got only 3 days’ remand from the court. On June 20, the trial court granted bail to Kejriwal in the money laundering case related to the liquor scam. The Enforcement Directorate challenged the decision of the lower court in the Delhi High Court. The High Court stayed the trial court’s decision.
What did the CBI say in the court?
The CBI told the court that Kejriwal has put the entire blame on senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia, who is already in jail in the case. The investigating agency said that Kejriwal has said that he has no knowledge about the excise policy. On this statement of CBI, Kejriwal said that I have not put any blame on Sisodia. Kejriwal said that I am also innocent and Sosadia is also innocent. He has been trapped.
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Arrested before hearing in SC, what did wife say?
CBI arrested Kejriwal before hearing in Supreme Court. On Kejriwal’s arrest, his wife Sunita Kejriwal said that Arvind Kejriwal got bail on June 20. ED immediately obtained a stay. The very next day the CBI made him an accused and then arrested him. The entire system is trying to keep Kejriwal out of jail. This is not the law. This is a dictatorship, this is a crisis.
Delhi High Court has not granted bail to Kejriwal
The Delhi High Court on June 25 did not grant bail to Kejriwal. The court upheld the ban on bail. The High Court in its order said that the trial court did not consider the bail conditions under Section 45 of the PMLA Act. The lower court did not consider the documents of ED. ED was not given an opportunity to argue. The trial court did not look into Section 70 of the PMLA. Ignored the record. Allegations need to be given due consideration.
AAP’s outcry against the arrest
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold nationwide protests today against the arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal. The party says that the BJP central government is misusing all the central investigative agencies for its own political purposes. BJP somehow wants to keep Kejriwal in jail, so that he stays away from elections. The party said that when the BJP felt that Arvind Kejriwal was going to get bail from the Supreme Court, it moved the CBI. There will be a strong protest against the BJP regarding Kejriwal’s arrest.
