New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday late evening in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.
Kejriwal’s arrest, the first of a sitting chief minister, came hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant protection from any coercive action by the ED.
The Delhi Chief Minister had challenged the ED summons to him for questioning over alleged money.
Kejriwal repeatedly refused to appear before the ED, calling the summons by the central agency illegal.
Soon after the high court order, an ED team reached the official residence of Arvind Kejriwal, with a search warrant, and carried out a search operation, and subsequently arrested him.
AAP leader Atishi said that Kejriwal will continue as chief minister of Delhi.
Arrested Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal will be produced before the special PMLA court on Friday and the Enforcement Directorate will seek his custody for interrogation, officials claimed.
“We have moved the Supreme Court for the quashing the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate. We have asked for an urgent hearing by the Supreme Court tonight itself,” Delhi Minister Atishi said.
