New Delhi:
CBI team has taken Arvind Kejriwal to court. CBI has not arrested Kejriwal yet. The agency may now seek custodial enquiry. Arvind Kejriwal being produced in Rouse Avenue Court. While on the one hand it seemed that he would soon get relief from the money laundering case, on the other hand now the CBI’s snoop is preparing to nab him. According to sources, CBI interrogated Chief Minister Kejriwal for hours in Tihar jail and now he is being produced in court. According to sources, the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI questioned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail on Monday and recorded his statement related to the excise policy case.
CBI arrest after ED
The leaders of Aam Aadmi Party have expressed a strong reaction on getting information about this matter. According to him, a conspiracy is being hatched to trap Arvind Kejriwal again. While on the one hand he was going to be released soon, on the other hand, to trap him, the CBI has registered a case and started preparations to arrest him in the name of investigation. Arvind Kejriwal had to go back to Tihar Jail on June 2 after his interim bail expired. Since then Aam Aadmi Party has been continuously protesting. On the one hand, the High Court stayed the lower court’s decision to grant bail, on the other hand, after the CBI investigation, it seems that it will take time for Kejriwal to come out of jail.
This is the whole matter
The lieutenant governor ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities and corruption related to the preparation and implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy, following which the excise policy was scrapped in 2022. According to the CBI and ED, irregularities were committed while revising the excise policy and unfair benefits were given to the license holders. An investigation into the case was initiated by the CBI in July 2022 following the recommendation of the Lt. Governor of Delhi and based on this FIR, the ED registered a case of money laundering.
(With IANS inputs…)