Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was sent to Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) custody today by a Delhi court for three days. This comes at the heels of his arrest by the agency in a corruption case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
Special Judge Amitabh Rawat passed the order on an application moved by the probe agency. On Wednesday, the CBI formally arrested the Delhi CM after getting permission from the court.
Kejriwal is lodged in jail in an excise policy-linked money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Department (ED).
The probe agency’s application is allowed for three days, said the judge.
In the application seeking Delhi CM’s custody, the CBI told the court that he was needed to be quizzed to unearth the larger conspiracy in the case. It also said that Kejriwal was required to be confronted with evidence and other people accused in the matter.
Earlier, the federal agencies had claimed that a so-called “south lobby” dictated the formulation of the now-scrapped excise policy and that the chief minister was involved in all this.
