Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s challenge to his arrest on March 21 in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam was deemed “not sustainable” by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. This was especially true in light of the Enforcement Directorate’s claim that it possesses evidence of his collaboration in the creation of the now-scrapped rule.
According to a city court’s ruling last week, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, who the Enforcement Directorate has dubbed the “kingpin” of the scam, will stay in Delhi’s Tihar Jail until April 15.
After Mr. Kejriwal was arrested, the ED took custody of him. Although it did not ask for a delay, it did argue against the AAP leader’s release, stating he had been “uncooperative” during several interrogation sessions.
The former deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia is already in jail for over a year in this particular case and hasn’t been granted bail.
While the ED says, Kejriwal is uncooperative, the Delhi CM says the ED hasn’t been able to establish money trail for more than a year in this particular case and it cannot stand the test of law.