AAP protests against Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest, Supreme Court likely to hear the case today
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has called a nationwide protest after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested of party supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The political leader has been arrested in an alleged connection with liquor policy case.
It is worth mentioning here that that Kejriwal was arrested from his residence on Thursday evening after the Enforcement Directorate questioned him and searched his house. Reportedly, he was taken to the federal agency’s headquarters where he spent the night. The Supreme Court of India is likely to hear a plea filed by Arvind Kejriwal’s legal team on Friday.
On Thursday, an ED team questioned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, recording his statement under Section 50 of the PMLA.
The ED team, including a Joint Director, reached the Delhi Chief Minister’s residence on Thursday evening, hours after the Delhi High Court denied him protection against “coercive action” by the agency, which has issued multiple summons to him.
Kejriwal is the biggest name to be arrested in the alleged scam, after BRS lawmaker K. Kavitha, former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, and AAP RS member Sanjay Singh, among others.
Meanwhile in another setback to the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal the Supreme Court reportedly is not holding any urgent hearing now on his plea against the Delhi High Court order denying him any protection. His plea is likely to be mentioned before the apex court for an urgent hearing on Friday.
As per latest reports, the Delhi CM was shifted to the ED office.
Ms Kalinga