Thu
New Delhi:
Hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant safety from arrest to Arvind Kejriwal within the liquor coverage case, a workforce from the Enforcement Directorate has reached the chief minister’s residence.
Sources mentioned the workforce consists of 12 officers and they’re contained in the residence with a search warrant. Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj has additionally reached the spot on Thursday night.
“The way the police are inside and nobody is being allowed in, it seems like a raid is being conducted. It seems they have planned to arrest Arvind Kejriwal,” Mr Bharadwaj mentioned.
Mr Kejriwal, who’s the nationwide convener of the Aam Aadmi Party, has now approached the Supreme Court for an pressing listening to.
The AAP chief has skipped 9 summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to the alleged liquor coverage rip-off. On Monday, he additionally skipped summons issued by the company in a money-laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi Jal Board.
The ED workforce has reached the Delhi chief minister’s residence lower than per week after BRS chief Ok Kavitha was arrested within the liquor coverage case. After her arrest, Mr Kejriwal was, for the primary time, named as a conspirator within the case.
Ever for the reason that first summons was issued by the Enforcement Directorate in October final 12 months and he was requested to look on November 2, there was intense hypothesis that the Delhi chief minister can be arrested by the company.
Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was arrested in reference to the case in February final 12 months, and AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh was taken into custody in October.