{"id":348120,"date":"2024-03-21T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=348120"},"modified":"2024-03-22T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:10:10","slug":"enforcement-directorate-arrests-arvind-kejriwal-in-delhi-excise-policy-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/enforcement-directorate-arrests-arvind-kejriwal-in-delhi-excise-policy-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Enforcement Directorate arrests Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi excise policy case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal-was-arrested-by-ED-after-two-hours-of-interrogation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal-was-arrested-by-ED-after-two-hours-of-interrogation.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal-was-arrested-by-ED-after-two-hours-of-interrogation-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal-was-arrested-by-ED-after-two-hours-of-interrogation-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal-was-arrested-by-ED-after-two-hours-of-interrogation-696x465.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/03\/Arvind-Kejriwal-was-arrested-by-ED-after-two-hours-of-interrogation-628x420.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Delhi : <\/strong>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday night in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrest, the first of a sitting chief minister, came hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant protection to the AAP national convener from any coercive action by the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 55-year-old leader&#8217;s arrest, amid campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, drew angry reactions from his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon after the high court order, an ED team reached his residence and carried out searches. Subsequently, he was arrested, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials said the ED would produce the chief minister before a court here on Friday and seek his custody for interrogation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the ED officials carried out their action inside, additional Delhi Police personnel and Rapid Action Force (RAF) and CRPF teams were deployed around the chief minister&#8217;s residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The additional deployment was made as the ED sought extra security measures in anticipation of protests by AAP supporters, sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large number of AAP workers and leaders gathered near the chief minister&#8217;s residence and shouted slogans against the ED action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the day, Kejriwal moved the Supreme Court against the high court&#8217;s order denying him relief in the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ED&#8217;s action is virtually a replay of what transpired during the arrest last week of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha, who is now in ED custody in the same case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case pertains to alleged corruption and money-laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi government&#8217;s excise policy for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday night in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case, officials said. 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