Delhi excise policy case: CBI gets 3 days remand of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Wednesday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to three days CBI remand in connection with the Excise policy caseVacation Judge Amitabh Rawat after taking note of all the submissions of both sides allowed Arvind Kejriwal to be on CBI remand till June 29 2024During the remand period the court has allowed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals wife Sunita Kejriwal to meet him for 30 minutes and his lawyer to meet him every day for 30 minutes The court has also allowed him to carry his prescribed medicines during the remand periodHomecooked food is also allowed during the remand period the court saidDuring the hearing Arvind Kejriwal himself addressed the court and said CBI is claiming that I have made a statement against Manish Sisodia which is completely false Manish Sisodia Nirdosh hai Aam Aadmi Party Nirdosh hai Main bhi nirdosh hun Iss Tarah ke statements hamme media me badnam Karne ke liye diye ja rahe hai Manish Sisodia is innocent Aam Aadmi Party is innocent I am also innocent statements are being given in the media to defame usHe also added that CBI sources ke hawale se media me hamme badnam kar rahe rahe hai Inka plan hai ki media front page ye chala de ki Kejriwal ne sara thikra Manish Sisodia pe daal diya They are tarnishing our image in the media by using unnamed sources Their plan is to make it headline news that Kejriwal has shifted all the blame to Manish SisodiaHowever the Court on this said apki statement maine pad liya hai apne aisa nahi bola hai I have read your statement you have not said thisAppearing for CBI DP Singh submitted that there are certain datesI got permission under PC Act on April 23 2024 and since the election were on and then he was on interim bail we refrained from investigating him said DP Singh for CBI Vijay Nair a close confidant of CM the media incharge of AAP is given the responsibility to coordinateCBI counsel further alleged that on May 25 2021 policy was notified Before this first attempt was made to meet liquor baron Policy wasnt yet notified But the process of finding suitors startedK Kavitha and Magunta Reddy met together and again in March 2021 itself K Kavitha calls Reddy and then met Even though lockdown happened these meetings started and on a private flight a team from the South came to Delhi during prime COVID Boinpally sends a report through Nair to SisodiaC Arvind the Secy of Sisodia types the report and it was given in his camp office CM said the CBI in courtThe GoM report was prepared by the South Group the said report goes to the LG office Four chargesheets have been filed 17 accused persons were almost at the conclusion of the investigation said CBIMeanwhile Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhari appeared for Arvind Kejriwal opposing the remand application moved by CBI He said CBI has filed four chargesheets till now and now arresting Arvind Kejriwal and it still have to identify some persons through Arvind Kejriwal Is this a valid reason for arrestKejriwals lawyer further added that according to CBI Arvind Kejriwal gave evasive replies during his examineInterrogation in Tihar jail The investigation officer of the case called it evasive because the only reply they want is Kejriwals admission of guiltChaudhri questions the timing of the arrest They were waiting for the pronouncement of Arvind Kejriwals bail order They couldve arrested Kejriwal on June 2 when he surrendered The materials must be perused by the Court before granting them the CBI the custody of KejriwalOn Tuesday the CBI arrested the Aam Aadmi Party AAP national convenor Kejriwal after the Vacation Judge of the Delhi Court allowed CBI to examineinterrogate him in the courtroom so that the agency could proceed with his formal arrestThe court also asked the CBI to place on record the material that they have for his arrestKejriwal was produced today before the court of vacation judge Amitabh Rawat in compliance of the production warrant issued by the court yesterdayDuring the hearing Kejriwals wife Sunita Kejriwal AAPs Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and AAP leader Dilip Pandey were present in the courtroomCBIs Special Public Prosecutor DP Singh extensively argued and opposed submissions by Kejriwals lawyerThe advocate also moved an application seeking a supply of applications for interrogation by CBI and the order passed related to thatYesterday Kejriwal was in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement related to the Excise Policy case He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an Excise Policy money laundering case on March 21 this year and is presently in Judicial Custody in the caseThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals bail order passed by the trial court saying that the trial court should have at least recorded its satisfaction with the fulfilment of twin conditions of Section 45 of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act PMLA before passing the impugned orderThe vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain while passing the order said that documents and arguments were not appreciated properly by the trial courtOn June 20 the trial judge granted bail to Kejriwal in the money laundering case The next day the ED moved an urgent petition before the High Court challenging the bail order The High Court heard both sides extensively reserve orders on the EDs application to stay the bail order and it halted the release of Kejriwal until the pronouncement of its orderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever