The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a severe blow on Friday night when Arvind Kejriwal Arrest, the national convenor of the party and the chief minister of Delhi, was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for six days by the Delhi excise policy case.
He becomes the first chief minister to be arrested while in office with this, the case’s most publicized arrest. In response to several pleas seeking a stay of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023—which removes the Chief Justice of India from the panel responsible for selecting election commissioners—the Supreme Court issued its ruling today.
While acknowledging that the Union government acted hastily, the bench made up of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta declined yesterday to stay the law and order a new panel made up of the CJI to select Election Commissioners. At the time, it had stated that the decision’s justifications would be provided.
Arvind Kejriwal Arrest: Kejriwal Accuses Delhi Police Cop of Manhandling
Although Kejriwal seemed happy with the treatment he received from ED during the proceedings, he also accused a Delhi Police officer of mistreating and manhandling him when he also arrested his former deputy, Manish Sisodia.
According to NDTV, the AAP leader made this claim in an application he filed in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, asking for the officer to be taken out of his security perimeter. The publication further stated that Kejriwal had complained about Assistant Commissioner of Police AK Singh mistreating him during his apprehension in the remand application.
Kejriwal was taken into custody by the ED on Thursday night, and the charge sheets contain numerous references to him. The agency has claimed that to create the excise policy that gave them undue benefits and for which they paid kickbacks to the AAP, the accused had contact with the chief minister of Delhi.
Why CM Arvind Kejriwal Arrest by ED?
- After searching his official residence and questioning him for almost two hours, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday.
- The Delhi government’s excise policy case is connected to an investigation into money laundering that led to the arrest.
- Arvind Kejriwal was named by the ED as the “kingpin” of the alleged Delhi liquor scam in a Friday court filing.
- Regarding the creation and implementation of the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021–2022, which was later revoked, there is suspicion of corruption and money laundering.
- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) claims that ₹100 crores in kickbacks were given to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders to the excise policy.
AAP Protest: Delhi Metro Advisory
The Lok Kalyan Marg Metro Station will be closed until further notice, according to a statement from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Considering that the road leads to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home, this decision was made in response to the AAP protest that was slated for this Friday. Police directives were followed to implement the closure.
Furthermore, DMRC had earlier in the day announced that ITO Metro Station would be closed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.