CBI harassing me under garb of probe in liquor policy case: Arvind Kejriwal to Delhi HC in bail plea
A premier investigating agency like the Central Bureau of Investigation cannot play truant with the process of law, the chief minister said in his petition.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged in a bail petition before the High Court on Wednesday that the Central Bureau of Investigation was continuously “haranguing and harassing” him under the garb of its investigation in the liquor policy case, India Today reported.
The central agency arrested the Aam Aadmi Party chief on June 26 in the liquor policy case. The Enforcement Directorate had arrested him on March 21 in a money-laundering case related to the same matter.
On Wednesday, Kejriwal filed a petition for bail in his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation, calling it “illegal, unconstitutional and unsustainable”.
The chief minister claimed that the harassment by the central agency was a matter of “grave dismay and concern”, according to India Today. He alleged that the remand orders were “patently routine” and led to the proceedings being vitiated.
“The investigations have already been completed and the materials which form the basis of the arrest have already been gathered,” he said in the petition.
On Wednesday, advocate Rajat Bhardwaj mentioned Kejriwal’s petition for bail before a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan, Bar and Bench reported. Bhardwaj urged the court to take up the matter on Thursday.
The bench, however, said that it would hear the case on Friday, Bar and Bench reported.
On Monday, Kejriwal had filed another petition in the High Court challenging his arrest...
