CBI Formally Arrests Arvind Kejriwal In The Excise Policy Case

New Delhi, June 26: The CBI has formally arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday. The development came after the Rouse Avenue Court allowed the CBI to examine Kejriwal in the courtroom and asked it to place on record the material that they have for his arrest.

Kejriwal was brought to Rouse Avenue Court by CBI Wednesday morning for a hearing in the excise policy case where Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal also accompanied him.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will also hear Arvind Kejriwal's petition against the Delhi High Court order putting an interim stay on his bail in the money laundering case linked to liquor excise policy.

The probe agency had Tuesday examined the AAP supremo in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement related to the Excise Policy case.

The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's 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 Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before passing the impugned order.

The vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain, while passing the order, said that documents and arguments were not appreciated properly by the trial court.

A vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti observed that the decision of the High Court to grant an interim stay on Kejriwal's bail without passing a final order in the matter was "unusual".

(ANI)