A Delhi court on Saturday sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till July 12 in a case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with alleged corruption in now scrapped excise policy 2021-2022. The order for the judicial remand was passed by the special Judge Sunena Sharma of Rouse Avenue Courts, after the CBI had moved an application seeking judicial custody remand for the Delhi CM. Counsel representing Mr. Kejriwal opposed the judicial custody remand application stipulating that the excise policy case is going on since 2022 even though the CM was arrested in March 2024. He also moved an application to seek details of material collected against his client in alleged excise policy case. The ED had alleged him to be the “key conspirator” in framing the now defunct excise policy.

Source: The Hindu June 29, 2024 13:59 UTC