Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on Thursday hours after a team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) reached CM’s residence. Earlier on Thursday, the Delhi High Court stated that it would not grant any sort of protection to Kejriwal in regard to the coercive action against him in the excise policy case.
A 10-member team of the Enforcement Directorate, led by an additional director-level officer, had carried out searches at Arvind Kejriwal’s Flagstaff Road in Delhi’s Civil Lines area. The Delhi CM was arrested two hours after the ED team reached his residence. The officials questioned Arvind Kejriwal before arresting him.
Officials with the ED said that they visited Delhi CM’s office to serve summons in the liquor case. However, several agencies said that the officials arrived with a search warrant and were raiding Kejriwal’s house. Arvind Kejriwal might be interrogated, some reports suggested.
ED has till date issued nine summons to Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to join the investigation being conducted in the alleged money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor excise policy scam – on March 4, February 26, February 19, February 2, January 18, January 3, and December 22 and November 2 last year. On Sunday, the probe agency issued fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking him to appear before it on March 21 for questioning, which he skipped.
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