Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to alleged Excise coverage rip-off, whereas his former Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren was arrested in one other PMLA case linked to alleged land rip-off. Both the Opposition leaders had been arrested by a common ED officer – Additional Director Kapil Raj. Raj led a staff of 10 officers to arrest Kejriwal at his residence on Thursday whereas Soren was arrested on January 31 after six hours of questioning. He too, like Kejriwal, had skipped 9 summons, after which the JMM chief was taken into custody.
The ED carried out raids at Kejriwal’s residence on Thursday night and questioned him briefly earlier than taking him into custody. Hemant Soren, who was arrested after a high-level drama in Ranchi, was “missing” for over 48 hours, earlier than reappearing on the scene. He stepped down from the publish of chief minister, after which Champai Soren was sworn in because the chief minister of Jharkhand.
However, in the case of Delhi, AAP leaders have acknowledged that Arvind Kejriwal will run the federal government from jail. Alleging the “misuse” of central companies, the AAP termed the ED motion as “dictatorship” and stated that the celebration will struggle it in the court docket. The celebration has additionally known as a nationwide protest towards the arrest of Kejriwal.
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