Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal moved the Delhi High Court, on Monday, against his arrest that was carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi Excise Policy case. He, additionally, challenged the trial Court order of June 26 that had sent him to 3 days Custodial Remand to CBI.
The Delhi CM’s three day custody ended on Satursay following which the Delhi court, once again, sent him to judicial custody till the July 12. The court claimed that his name had surfaced as one of the main conspirators in the Delhi Excise Policy Scam. CBI had also sought a 14-day judicial custody. As per their claims, Kejriwal had not been cooperating in the probe and had been giving evasive replies. The agency further claimed that the Dlehi CM might make an effort to influence witnesses.
The AAP leader who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in alleged involvement with the money laundering investigation that was connected with the excise policy case was, once again, arrested by th CBI on June 26.
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“Considering the fact that the conspiracy alleged against the accused (Kejriwal) involves a large number of persons who were involved in the formulation and implementation of excise policy and also the persons who acted as facilitators in the use of ill-gotten money, I find that there exist sufficient grounds for remanding the accused to judicial custody’,” Special Judge Sunena Sharma said.
The judge said that the CBI needed custodial interrogation of Kejriwal in order to “confront him with more material likely to be collected during the investigation.’
The court further stated that the investigating officer (IO) had previously pointed out in the case diary that Kejriwal was not cooperative while his custodial interrogation was being conducted nor was he disclosing facts on the material aspects of the case.
“The IO has pointed out certain incriminatory material collected during the investigation for showing that the ill-gotten money was used during the Goa assembly election for making payments towards the expenses of air tickets and hotel booking during the visits of the accused to Goa from June 2021 to February 2022,” the court said.
