Arvind Kejriwal arrest Live Updates: Hours after a 12-member Enforcement Directorate (ED) team landed at the Delhi Chief Minister’s Civil Lines house, he was arrested and taken to the central agency’s office. The ED had questioned Kejriwal in connection with its probe into the excise policy case. Earlier in the day, the Delhi HC had refused to grant Kejriwal protection from coercive action in the case.
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Meanwhile, the Delhi CM has moved the Supreme Court, seeking an urgent hearing challenging the Delhi HC order. The top court is expected to hear the matter on Friday morning. The division bench of the Delhi HC had heard Kejriwal’s application for interim relief, challenging the summons issued to him in the excise policy case by the ED and the validity of certain provisions of the PMLA. The HC had noted: “At this stage we are not inclined to pass such an order”.
Section 144 has been imposed outside the Delhi CM’s residence as AAP leaders and followers gather to show support. Security was beefed up Thursday evening with the deployment of RAF and CRPF units along with Delhi Police personnel. Barricades were put up on the lane leading to Kejriwal’s official residence and additional police personnel deployed there, officials said. Kejriwal was summoned for the ninth time by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday in connection to the excise policy case.
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