Arvind Kejriwal Arrest LIVE Updates: The Delhi High Court is quickly to begin the listening to on a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal towards his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in reference to the alleged excise coverage rip-off. The listening to was postponed because the investigative company requested extra time to reply to Kejriwal’s plea. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju requested for time to submit a complete response to Kejriwal’s plea, which the High Court has allowed. Raju talked about that they obtained a duplicate of the petition solely the day earlier than.
Meanwhile, Sunita Kejriwal, spouse of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, is scheduled to ship a press assertion on Wednesday, as introduced by the Aam Adami Party. According to sources from Zee News TV, she is predicted to reveal necessary data. Sunita Kejriwal had a gathering along with her husband on the ED workplace on Tuesday night.
The ED had arrested Arvind Kejriwal on March 21 in relation to a cash laundering case linked to the Delhi Excise Policy of 2022, which was later annulled. He was remanded to the ED till March 28.
The case revolves round alleged irregularities and cash laundering within the creation and execution of the 2022 Delhi excise coverage. The case was initiated based mostly on a report submitted by Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena in July 2022. The report highlighted supposed procedural errors within the coverage’s formulation.
The report accused Sisodia, in his function as Excise Minister, of constructing “arbitrary and unilateral decisions” that allegedly led to “financial losses to the exchequer” estimated at over Rs 580 crore. This report was forwarded to the CBI, leading to Sisodia’s arrest.
While Arvind Kejriwal was not talked about within the FIRs filed by the ED or the Central Bureau of Investigation relating to the Delhi excise coverage case, his identify appeared for the primary time within the ED’s chargesheet. The company alleges that Kejriwal had a video name with one of many foremost accused, Sameer Mahendru, instructing him to proceed collaborating with co-accused and AAP communications-in-charge Vijay Nair.
