Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrested

Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested in the liquor policy case.

According to Indian media, the Indian Enforcement Directorate has charged Arvind Kejriwal with money laundering through fraud in the liquor policy.

It may be noted that the liquor policy implemented by the Delhi government in 2022, which removed government control over the sale of liquor in the capital, giving unfair advantage to private retailers, was later withdrawn.

Aam Aadmi Party Minister Atashi has said that Kejriwal will remain the Chief Minister of Delhi and run the government from jail. Our lawyers are reaching the Supreme Court. We will demand an urgent hearing from the Supreme Court tonight.

A 12-member team of the Enforcement Directorate reached the official residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with a search warrant in the Excise Policy case, where the Chief Minister was arrested.

The Enforcement Directorate arrested Arvind Kejriwal following the Delhi High Court rejected his bail plea in the liquor policy case.

Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court once morest the order of the High Court, but before the hearing of his petition in the Supreme Court, he was arrested by the officials of the Directorate of Investments.

Earlier, the Chief Minister was summoned 9 times by the ED but he did not appear before the probe agency on any of the summons.

Finally, the ED officers themselves reached his residence for questioning, where following a long investigation, the ED arrested him.