Arvind Kejriwal arrest information: From ED raids to SC listening to probably at the moment. What we all know to date | 10 factors

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate officers 21 March, hours after they reached his residence to conduct searches within the Delhi excise coverage case. His arrest got here after the Delhi CM skipped 9 summons by the ED within the case.

Here what occurred to date, 10 factors to know

1. No safety from arrest: Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to grant safety from arrest to Kejriwal within the Delhi liquor coverage money laundering case. This got here after the Delhi CM had filed an software within the Delhi HC in search of interim reduction from arrest. This was part of his petition difficult the 9 ED summons he acquired within the money laundering case.

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2. ED raided CM’s residence

The ED officers started conducting searches on the AAP convener’s official residence after the Delhi HC refused to grant him safety from arrest. A ten-member crew of ED reached his residence and inside two hours, the Aam Aadmi Party chief was arrested after the ED crew started its search on the premises. During the ED investigation inside Delhi CM’s residence, heavy safety forces had been deployed close to his residence to take care of any antagonistic scenario. Additional Delhi police personnel and Rapid Action Force and CRPF groups had been deployed across the chief minister’s residence.

3. ‘No evidence during search’, claims Saurabh Bharadwaj

Senior AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday evening stated that ED didn’t discover any proof at Arvind Kejriwal’s residence throughout their search. All ED discovered was ₹70,000 which they returned, stated Bharadwaj, who was current at Kejriwal’s Civil Line residence when ED arrested him. The company didn’t discover any proof, any property paperwork, unlawful money or any money path throughout their raid, he added. Bharadwaj claimed that the ED searched the chief minister’s residence and took his cell phone earlier than arresting him.

4. Supreme Court listening to probably at the moment

Kejriwal, who was arrested by the ED moved to the Supreme Court. However, he didn’t obtain any particular listening to late at evening. Sources advised information company ANI that no particular bench was arrange on Thursday evening to listen to Delhi CM’s plea towards his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate. However, whereas addressing the media, Delhi Minister and AAP chief Atishi knowledgeable that, “We have filed an software within the Supreme Court towards the unlawful arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. It will probably be talked about within the Supreme Court tomorrow morning. We hope that the Supreme Court will defend democracy.”

5. Rahul Gandhi to fulfill Kejriwal’s household at the moment

After the Delhi Chief Minister’s arrest by the ED on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi, the top of the Congress, contacted Arvind Kejriwal’s household to reassure them of his and the old get together’s help, get together sources advised ANI. They stated that Gandhi will make an effort to fulfill with Kejriwal or his household on Friday with the intention to present extra authorized help.

6. Nationwide protest by AAP at the moment

AAP chief Gopal Rai introduced nationwide protests to be held at the moment towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Delhi CM’s arrest. Delhi Minister and AAP chief Rai stated,”…The BJP despatched businesses and acquired Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal arrested…This is the homicide of democracy.”

7. Kejriwal first serving CM to be arrested?

Arvind Kejriwal has change into the second Opposition Chief Minister to be arrested by ED in lower than two months. Before him, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was arrested in January, 2024 by ED in reference to a graft case. Soren was, nevertheless, changed by his get together colleague Champai Soren as the brand new CM of Jharkhand. There have been many instances of Chief Ministers getting arrested prior to now. In some instances, the Chief Minister resigned quickly after or earlier than the arrest.

8. Kejriwal to run authorities from behind the bars?

Delhi authorities minister Atishi stated on Thursday, quickly after Kejriwal’s arrest, that he won’t resign because the Chief Minister of Delhi. Running workplace from behind the bars is logistically impractical, however there isn’t a legislation that stops a Chief Minister from doing so. The Chief Minister can lose the highest job underneath solely two situations – lack of majority help within the meeting or via a profitable no-confidence movement towards the federal government in energy that the Chief Minister leads.

9. BJP calls Kejriwal’s arrest ‘victory of truth’

BJP chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa termed Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest because the “victory of fact”. He stated, “This is the scenario at the moment with a Chief Minister elected by the individuals. Such behaviour in India is the homicide of democracy.” BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad stated that the arrest has been achieved with a view to take acceptable motion towards corruption.

10. What is excise coverage case about?

The Delhi excise coverage case pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage for 2021-22, which was later scrapped. Currently, AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh are in judicial custody within the case. Delhi CM’s title has been talked about a number of occasions within the chargesheets filed by the ED. The company has alleged that the accused had been in contact with Kejriwal for formulating the excise coverage that resulted in undue advantages for them, in return for which they paid kickbacks to the AAP.

(With inputs from ANI, PTI)