Arvind Kejriwal sent to judicial custody till July 12 in liquor policy case

A Delhi court on Saturday remanded Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till July 12 in the liquor policy case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, Live Law reported.

Kejriwal was produced before vacation judge Sunena Sharma of the Rouse Avenue Courts on the expiration of his three-day custody with the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The central agency on Wednesday arrested the Aam Aadmi Party chief in a money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped liquor policy. He has been in jail since March when the Enforcement Directorate arrested him in the case.

On Saturday, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the court that Kejriwal was an “influential” political leader who could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses if he did not remain in custody. The agency further urged the court to send him to judicial custody for 14 days, Bar and Bench reported.

It also noted that the chief minister was evasive during the central agency’s questioning of him in the case and said that further custodial interrogation was not required for now.

Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhari, representing Kejriwal, opposed the application, noting that the investigation in the case has been going on since August 2022, Live Law reported.

Chaudhari asked the court to look into whether there was any material to remand Kejriwal in the matter, Bar and Bench reported.

He further urged...

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