CBI questions Kejriwal in liquor policy case

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday has initiated the process to arrest Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case. The Aam Aadmi Party chief, who is already in Delhi’s Tihar jail, was examined by the CBI on Tuesday. This comes a day before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea in the money laundering case.
His statement related to the now-scrapped excise policy case was also recorded.The CBI will produce Kejriwal before the concerned trial court tomorrow.
Alleging conspiracy by the BJP-led Central government, AAP leader Sanjay Singh said: “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.”
Earlier in the day, the Delhi high court stayed the trial court order granting him bail in the money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Stating that the lower court did not “appropriately appreciate” the material placed before it by the Enforcement Directorate, the high court stayed Kejriwal’s bail.
A vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain said the ED’s contentions assailing the bail order required serious consideration.
Soon after the decision, the AAP had moved Supreme Court challenging the HC order. The matter is listed for hearing on Wednesday.