NEW DELHI, June 29: A Delhi court on Saturday sent chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody for 14 days (till July 12) in connection with corruption charges pertaining to alleged irregularities in the 2021-22 excise policy.
Kejriwal was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 26 in connection with the case. He was sent to CBI custody for three days.
At the time of his arrest, Kejriwal was already in judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
During the hearing on Saturday, Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhary, representing Kejriwal, told the the court that the investigation in the case has been going on since 2022.
"Kejriwal was arrested in March 2024. He was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court. On the last date of the hearing, they (CBI) had said that they collected evidence in January, they said that they had in April obtained the sanctions. They also said that they had not arrested me earlier because they did not want to overreach the Supreme Court," Chaudhary told the court.
Chaudhary also sought the court to direct the CBI to place all the material on record. —HT
