Arvind Kejriwal Updates: Delhi CM ‘Being Harassed, Not Keeping Well,’ Claims His Wife; HC Says Govt Can Be Run From Jail – News18

Jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Wife Sunita Kejriwal on Thursday made a big claim about the AAP supremo’s condition in Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) custody and said he is being harassed a lot adding that the leader’s health is deteriorating

On the other hand, the Delhi High Court, on the same day, rejected a PIL seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of CM due to his arrest adding that there is no bar on running a government from jail.

The developments came on the day when a Delhi court extended the chief minister’s ED custody till April 1, saying the agency provided “sufficient reasons”, such as the need for him to be confronted with material collected and statements recorded, to permit his further custodial interrogation.

In the court, Kejriwal alleged that the “actual” excise scam started after the ED probe and not when the policy was made and that the agency’s “two main motives” were to crush his Aam Aadmi Party and to declare it corrupt.

Here Are the Top Updates on Arvind Kejriwal’s Arrest and Interrogation in the Delhi Liquor Policy Case:

• A Delhi Court on Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 1 in the excise policy case.
• Delhi CM’s Wife Sunita Kejriwal claimed that the AAP chief was being harrassed a lot and is not keeping well in custody, TOI reported.
• Delhi High Court rejected a petition seeking Arvind Kejriwal’s removal from the Chief Minister’s post adding that the government can be run from jail by law.
• India said the US State Department’s recent remarks on the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal are “unwarranted” and asserted the country is “proud of its independent and robust democratic institutions” and committed to protecting them from any form of undue external influences.
• Kejriwal, who argued his case in court on Thursday, presented a short timeline of the case and named a few people whose statements during interrogation in the case changed, HT reported.
• The chief minister also alleged in the court that one of the accused Sarath Reddy donated Rs 55 crore to the BJP.
• Sarath Reddy was named as part of the liquor policy’s south chain which involved Telangana leader K Kavitha, who is now arrested.
• A man carrying a liquor bottle was detained by the Delhi Police for allegedly creating a ruckus outside the Rouse Avenue court when Arvind Kejriwal was produced.