Arvind Kejriwal arrest Highlights: Delhi CM remanded to CBI custody for three days

AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said he will talk to INDIA bloc leaders over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest and request them to raise the issue in Parliament as he accused the BJP-led Centre of misusing probe agencies to target opposition parties.

Addressing a press conference here, Singh alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is acting against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with ill-will and political malice. (PTI)

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said in a press conference, “I appeal to the INDIA bloc parties to raise the issue of Kejriwal's arrest in Parliament. We are talking to other opposition parties. I have also talked to Uddhav Thackeray. I will talk to Congress leaders. It is a misuse of probe agencies. All the opposition parties will be requested to raise the issue in Parliament.”

During the remand period, the Court allowed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal to meet him for 30 minutes every day and his Lawyer to meet him every day for 30 minutes. The court also allowed them to carry his prescribed medicines and home-cook food allowed during the remand period, says Court.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has been remanded to CBI custody for three days.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, saying that the trial court judge acted hastily and failed to provide the prosecutor with a fair chance to challenge the bail granted to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

"Arvind Kejriwal got bail on 20th June. Immediately ED got a stay. The very next day CBI made him an accused. And today he was arrested. The whole system is trying to ensure that the man does not come out of jail. This is not law. This is dictatorship, this is emergency," Sunita Kejriwal said in a post on 'X'.

Arvind Kejriwal said to court earlier today, “They are sensationalizing the issue. It needs to be clarified. Ye top headline hongi saare newspapers ki. Inka maqsad hi sensationalize karne ka hain.”

AAP leader Jasmine Shah said, "...CBI has been exposed in front of the country. Today CBI was caught red-handed for giving a false statement inside the court...CBI stated that Arvind Kejriwal had put the entire blame for Delhi's excise policy on Manish Sisodia. Arvind Kejriwal himself stood up and said that CBI was lying. Arvind Kejriwal is innocent, Manish Sisodia is innocent and the entire Aam Aadmi Party is innocent..."

The court order on Kejriwal's bail plea is expected to be delivered by the Delhi court bench shortly.

Kejriwal told the court, "It is being shown in the media, citing CBI sources, that I have put the entire blame on Manish Sisodia in a statement. I have not given any statement that Sisodia is guilty or anyone else is guilty. I have said Sisodia is innocent, AAP is innocent, I am innocent."

AAP leader Reena Gupta said, "The court has not given the order yet, the judge will sit again at 4:30 pm and then the order will be given. Today the CBI tried its best because there is no case, they wanted to plant some news and sensationalize it. The biggest issue is that CBI has had these 50 thousand documents for 2 years, they never called Arvind Kejriwal. When did Arvind Kejriwal become the accused from being the witness?...The court has reserved its decision...The CBI has not presented anything new which they have not had for a long time, so this was a direct political conspiracy that Kejriwal ji should not come out, so today an attempt is being made to arrest him through the CBI..."

"Arvind Kejriwal got bail on 20th June. Immediately ED got a stay. The very next day CBI made him an accused. And today he was arrested. The whole system is trying to ensure that the man does not come out of jail. This is not law. This is dictatorship, this is emergency," says Sunita Kejriwal.

Delhi court reserves verdict in CBIs plea seeking 5 days remand of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case. Court likely to pronounce order around 4:30 pm.

Arvind Kejriwal arrest LIVE Updates: Delhi CM addresses the court in person. “Maine aisa koi bayan nahi diya ki sisodia Doshi hai. Maine ye bayaaan diya hai ki AAP, Sisodia, mai nirdosh hun.” (I have never given any statement saying that Manish Sisodia is guilty. I have given statement that Aam Aadmi Party, Manish Sisodia & me (Kejriwal) are not guilty.”

The AAP alleged on Wednesday that when there was a possibility of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal getting bail from the Supreme Court in a money laundering case, the BJP panicked and got him arrested in a "fake case" by the CBI.

Earlier in the day, a Delhi court allowed the CBI to formally arrest Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case.

The CBI arrested Kejriwal after Special Judge Amitabh Rawat passed the order. The agency has sought five-day custody of the chief minister in the case.

In a post in Hindi on X, the AAP said, "The dictator crossed all limits of cruelty!! Today when there was every possibility of Chief Minister @ArvindKejriwal getting bail, the BJP went into panic mode and got Kejriwal arrested by the CBI in a fake case."

"The CBI took Kejriwal ji to Rouse Avenue Court where his blood sugar level dropped very low. Dictator, no matter how much oppression you inflict, Kejriwal will neither bow down nor break," it said.

He says that Kejriwal’s arrest is the “biggest abuse of process of law.” He adds that the arrest & remand’s prayer is “unscrupulous”.

Arvind Kejriwal's Lawyer Vikarm Chaudhari says that Kejriwal has been arrested by violating section 41 of CrPC.

Kejriwal's lawyer Vikarm Chaudhari said that the remand application is “totally vague”. It’s a classic case of abuse of power. The principles of Arnesh Kumar and Satinder Kumar Antil are required to be applied in “letter and spirit” in this case.

He further pointed out that though Kejriwal’s name was cropping in almost every chargesheet but the CBI chose to maintain “eerie silence”. He adds that the timing of arrest by the CBI points towards the illegality of the arrest

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to withdraw his petition against the interim stay on his bail granted by the Delhi high court last week and file a fresh petition to also include the challenge to the HC’s final order

of June 25 order reversing the bail in the Delhi excise scam case probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

A vacation bench of justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti passed the order after a request for withdrawal was made by senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Singhvi pointed out that since the passing of the June 21 order by the HC when an interim stay was granted on the bail order passed by the trial court on June 20, subsequent developments have taken place as the high court has pronounced its final order on June

25 and Kejriwal has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.

CBI SSP Singh responds saying that it didn’t want to overreach the Supreme Court as the top court was considering grant of interim bail. He says that the probe agency got the sanction to prosecute under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act came in April but it showed restraint as the Supreme Court was considering interim bail.

“We did not want to over reach the majesty of the SC. He says that sanction under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act came in April… We showed our restraint. Every time we have tried to show our restraint. Now it is absolutely mandatory cause now we want to conclude (the investigation) by July 3. There is an emergency for it. We will try to file the chargesheet thereafter,” Singh says to court

CBI seeks 5 days remand of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for custodial interrogation. It says that it needs to confront the CM with documents

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal withdrew from the Supreme Court on Wednesday his plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting an interim stay on the operation of the trial court's bail order in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam.

A vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti, which allowed Kejriwal to withdraw his plea, was told by the AAP leader's counsel senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi that since the high court has passed a detailed order on June 25, he would like to file a substantial appeal.

Singhvi informed the bench that new developments were taking place every day and Kejriwal has now been arrested by the CBI.

"We would like to file a substantial appeal to bring on record all relevant details and challenge the June 25 order of the high court in which bail order was finally stayed," he said.

4 chargesheets have been filed against 17 accused persons. We are almost at the conclusion of the investigation: CBI to Court

CBI says that it needs Kejriwal’s custodial interrogation since he is failing to even recognise that Vijay Nair was working under him. Singh says that Kejriwal had said that Nair was working with Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi Marlena, adding that the CM is “pushing the entire onus on Manish Sisodia & saying that he has no idea about the excise policy.”

Singh adds that when the probe agency asked Kejriwal if he had gone to Goa, he said, “I don’t remember.”

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was brought out of the courtroom for tea and biscuits after his sugar level dropped. He was taken to the Ahlmad room.

The CBI counsel told the court that the Group of Ministers were presented with a report that held favourable views of the policy. The report was then accepted without any minutes of the meeting and no discussion on the wholesale model that was being proposed.

The commission for liquor sellers had also been changed from 5 to 12 per cent

The Court has asked the CBI about the procedure by which the report was made by the AAP government for the excise policy. After outlining the procedure the CBI claimed that public views were used to formulate the policy.

The court then questioned the CBI's counsel about whether that can be constituted as illegal, as public views can be used when creating policy

CBI SSP Singh said in the court that the 36 page GoM report was prepared by the South Group. South group came on a private flight. He added that the officers who were not happy to sign the file notings were changed.

Delhi minority commission interns were given the comments & they were writing the public opinion, said Singh

Singh says that the probe agency has evidence to show that it was the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which was trying to get the comments from particular people. We have evidence to show that the comments were fabricated. There were chats which were seized.

CBI SSP Singh: We could identify a trail of ₹44 crore which goes to Goa through hawala channels. Singh says that the probe agency has evidence in this regard. He says that Chanpreet Singh used proceeds of crime to pay for CMs stay in Goa,

Taking the court through the facts of the case & Kejriwal’s alleged involvement, CBI SSP Singh said that CM's close confidant Vijay Nair was given the responsibility to coordinate.

He adds that GoM report was prepared by the South Group and the same had gone to LGs office. He says that meetings had started even during the lock down and a team from the South had come to Delhi on a private flight.

SPP DP Singh for CBI said in the court that the probe agency refrained from investigating the CM while he was on interim bail.

Proceedings commence in the courtroom again after CBI’s arrest.

The CBI has formally arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday. The development came after the Rouse Avenue Court allowed the CBI to examine Kejriwal in the courtroom and asked it to place on record the material that they have for his arrest

Kejriwal was brought to Rouse Avenue Court by CBI on Wednesday morning for a hearing in the excise policy case where Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal also accompanied him.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will also hear Arvind Kejriwal's petition against the Delhi High Court order putting an interim stay on his bail in the money laundering case linked to liquor excise policy.

The probe agency had on Tuesday examined the AAP supremo in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement related to the Excise Policy case.

Supreme Court allows Arvind Kejriwal to withdraw his petition from the Supreme Court and file a fresh petition challenging the final order denying bail on June 25 passed by Delhi HC along with the earlier order of interim stay on his release granted on June 21 in the ED case against him.

Supreme Court begins hearing on a plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging the June 21 order of the Delhi High Court granting interim stay on regular bail to him in the Delhi excise policy case probed by Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Kejriwal, tells Supreme Court that Delhi Chief Minister has been arrested by the CBI.

CBI arrests Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi excise policy case. Currently, Kejriwal is being informed about the grounds of arrest in the courtroom.

Court allows CBI to interrogate/examine the CM in the courtroom & has asked it to place on record the material that they have for his arrest.”

CBI says that it would make formal arrest right now.

SPP DP Singh urges the court to permit the CBI to take Kejriwal to Ahlmad room and finalise the arrest. “They do not have the right to advance notice. Today, whatever I will be moving after his arrest, they will have all the applications,” Singh says.

Vikram Chaudhari, advocate for Arvind Kejriwal said that denial of opportunity to his client to not file the reply to the remand application and not put him to notice violates fundamental right under article 21. He urges the court to grant the CM formal chance to file the reply.

Arvind Kejriwal's advocate Vikram Chaudhari said, “Heavens will not fall if we will file a reply. No section 41A notice was given by the CBI.”

Kejriwal's advocate Vikram Chaudhari said that Kejriwal was not given any opportunity and urged the court to grant time to file their response to CBI's remand application. Chaudhari said that there is no statutory provision seeking permission to arrest.

The official said that there is no mandate on the agency to inform the other side under law.

“I am seeking permission only because he is in my lords custody. To investigate is my prerogative & I don't need to seek their permission & it is not necessary for me to supply them applications regarding interrogation,” CBI SPP DP Singh says.

CBI represented through SPP DP Singh says that the agency could’ve done the exercise before the elections but we did not. “We could’ve done the exercise before the elections but we did not. It is only after he went back, we sought permission. It is very unfortunate when a political dispensation does something of this sort where they are dealing with suitors before finalising the policy,” Singh says.

Advocate Vivek Jain for Kejriwal says that we are moving an application and supply of copy of documents moved before the court for interrogating the Delhi CM. He says that the legal team only got to know about the details from media

Senior advocate Vikram Chaudhari also for Kejriwal says his client was in custody in one case.

In a blow to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the trial court order granting him bail in the money laundering case arising from the alleged excise scam, holding that the lower court did not "appropriately appreciate" the material placed before it by the Enforcement Directorate.

A vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain said the ED's contentions assailing the bail order required serious consideration.

"The Vacation (trial) Judge while passing the Impugned Order did not appropriately appreciate the material/documents submitted on record and pleas taken by ED and the averments/grounds as raised in the petition under section 439(2) of the Code require serious consideration," it said.

"Accordingly, the present application is allowed and the operation of the Impugned Order is stayed," the court said.

Delhi CMs wife Sunita Kejriwal enters the courtroom where Kejriwal will be produced by the CBI

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to be produced before vacation judge Amitabh Rawat, Rouse Avenue court, after CBI sought production warrants

Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal brought to Rouse Avenue Court. He will be produced by CBI for a hearing in the liquor policy case.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh alleged on Tuesday that the BJP has hatched a conspiracy with CBI officers to frame Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a "fake case".

There was no immediate reaction to the allegation from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

In a video message on X, Singh wondered how would one get justice when such things are happening.

"We have learnt from reliable sources that the BJP-led Centre has hatched a conspiracy with CBI officers at a time when there is a huge possibility of Kejriwal getting bail from the Supreme Court. They have planned to frame him in a fake case by the CBI and get him arrested.

Shortly after the CBI examined Kejriwal in Tihar jail, the AAP alleged that the BJP-led union government and the CBI are “conspiring” to register a fake case against the Delhi CM ahead of a court hearing. “At a time when there is a cent per cent possibility that Arvind Kejriwal will get bail from the Supreme Court, sources have informed me that the Centre is conspiring to register a fake CBI case against the Delhi CM and get him arrested by the CBI…The entire nation can see this and is standing in solidarity with Arvind Kejriwal,” AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said.

According to the Delhi high court, the previous trial court's observation that the voluminous material presented by the ED could not be considered, was “totally unjustified.” “Observation by the trial court that voluminous material cannot be considered is totally unjustified, and it shows that the trial court has not applied its mind to the material,” the court said.

After the Central Bureau of Investigation examined Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement related to the Excise Policy case, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Virendraa Sachdeva suggested Aam Aadmi Party leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi, and Sanjay Singh to question Congress party and said that the case on which the CBI is working, was lodged by the Congress.

The Central Bureau of Investigation examined Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement related to the Excise Policy case on Tuesday. CBI also got permission for Arvind Kejriwal's production before the concerned trial court Wednesday. He will be produced before the court on Wednesday.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday alleged that the BJP-led Union government and the Central Bureau of Investigation are conspiring to register a fake case against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal ahead of a court hearing. The Supreme Court will hear Kejriwal’s plea on June 26 against the Delhi high court order putting an interim stay on his bail in the money laundering case.

Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said that it is very unusual that without reading the order of the trial court, Delhi High Court stayed the court order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Speaking to ANI, the senior Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader said, "It is very unusual that without reading the order of the trial court, Delhi High Court stayed the court order granting bail to Kejriwal...We will make a legal strategy regarding it..."

The Delhi high court on Tuesday stayed a lower court’s order granting bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case, calling the decision “perverse” and criticising the trial court for inadequately considering evidence presented by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Read more

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday examined Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement related to the Excise Policy case.

Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the Excise Policy money laundering case on March 21, 2024, and is presently in Judicial Custody in the case.

The probe agency on Tuesday also got permission for Arvind Kejriwal's production before the concerned trial court on Wednesday. He will be produced before the concerned court on Wednesday.

According to the CBI sources, he is likely to be officially arrested in the case before the court today.