The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement in connection with the excise policy case. The probe agency has reportedly also received permission to produce Kejriwal before his trial court on Wednesday ahead of the Supreme Court's plea to stay the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo's bail. A hearing was held.
Here are the top updates about Arvind Kejriwal:
- The Supreme Court will hear Arvind Kejriwal's bail plea on Wednesday. A trial court granted bail to the AAP chief.
- According to the Delhi High Court, the previous trial court's observation that voluminous material produced by the ED could not be considered was “completely unjustified”. The Court held that the observation by the trial court that voluminous material could not be considered is totally unjustified and shows that the trial court did not apply its mind to the material.
- Passing the order, Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain of the Sixth Bench of the Delhi High Court said that the trial court had not properly appreciated the documents and arguments.
- Reacting to the High Court's order, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said it was “highly unusual” that the Delhi High Court stayed the court's order granting bail to Kejriwal without reading the trial court's order.
- Meanwhile, as Kejriwal will be produced in a CBI court before the Supreme Court hearing, officials of the probe agency said they may formally arrest Kejriwal in the case today, news agency AN reported. I have reported citing CBI sources.
- Soon after the CBI interrogated Kejriwal in Tihar Jail, the AAP alleged that the BJP-led central government and the CBI filed a bogus case against the Delhi chief minister ahead of the court hearing. “Conspiracy”. “At a time when Arvind Kejriwal is 100% likely to get bail from the Supreme Court, sources have informed me that the Center is planning to file a fake CBI case against the Delhi Chief Minister and get him arrested by the CBI. is plotting to do. The entire nation can see this and stand in solidarity with Arvind Kejriwal,” said AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh.
- Singh also claimed that the Centre's alleged actions were influenced by the possibility that the Supreme Court might grant bail to Kejriwal.
- Meanwhile, AAP lawyer Rishikesh Kumar wrote on X: “The Modi government's dirty tricks fear the release of Arvind Kejriwal by the Supreme Court, nearly a year after he joined the probe in the same case with the CBI. “Whatever it shows, it has not changed the BJP's vengeful mentality.”
- Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva suggested that AAP leaders Saurabh Bhardwaj, Atishi and Sanjay Singh question the Congress party instead of the BJP, saying that the case the CBI is working on is the Congress. was registered by CBI has already questioned Arvind Kejriwal in this case. Manish Sisodia has also been arrested by CBI in the same case… Saurabh Bhardwaj, Atshi and Sanjay Singh should be questioned by Congress as the case on which CBI is working was registered by Congress. They should ask Rahul Gandhi why he did not withdraw his complaint when he formed an alliance for the elections. Does Sanjay Singh want the investigating agencies to act according to him? He told ANI.
- Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in the excise policy case. The Supreme Court granted him interim bail on May 10 to participate in the election campaign and directed him to surrender by June 2. The trial court then granted him formal bail on June 20, which was stayed by the High Court on June 21, even before the bail order was issued.
(with input from ANI)
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