AAP Convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal arrested?

NEW DELHI: Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party Convenor Arvind Kejriwal was arrested late on Thursday evening by the Enforcement Directorate.

According to several media reports, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal today in the liquor policy case. AAP leaders Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj had earlier said they suspected the ED would arrest him today. Mr Kejriwal had skipped the central probe agency’s summons nine times.

The ED in a press note had called Mr Kejriwal a “conspirator” in the case.

Earlier in the day, a division bench of the Delhi High Court refused to pass orders for interim protection from coercive action to Kejriwal in the case. Kejriwal had moved the Delhi High Court challenging the summons issued to him by the central probe agency. He has also filed an application seeking interim protection. The matter is now fixed for hearing on April 22 with the High Court asking the ED to file its replies.