Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at the Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi in connection with an alleged liquor policy case. However, within a short span of time, he withdrew a petition that he had filed in the Supreme Court challenging the stay on the grant of bail after his arrest in March by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the same case.
During the proceedings at the Rouse Avenue Court, Mr. Kejriwal’s lawyers argued that the agency’s decision to arrest him at this point demonstrated a clear bias. Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhari raised concerns about the decision, highlighting the fact that Mr. Kejriwal had already been questioned for nine hours in April of the previous year.
He emphasized that the case had been pending since August 2022 and that Mr. Kejriwal had initially been called as a witness. However, there had been no communication from the CBI since then, and it was perplexing how he had suddenly transitioned from being a witness to an accused.
