Kejriwal was arrested by the ED in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case on March 21.
The case is rooted in a 2022 complaint filed by Delhi’s Lieutenant General, VK Saxena alleging irregularities in the framing of the Delhi Excise Policy for 2021-22.
The complaint alleged that a criminal conspiracy had been hatched by leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAM), including former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and other unidentified and unnamed private persons/ entities at the stage of the excise policy’s formulation.
The conspiracy, it was alleged, involved loopholes “intentionally” left or created in the policy. These loopholes were allegedly meant to favour some liquor licensees and conspirators after the tender process.
Kejriwal’s arrest in the case marked the first instance in India where a sitting Chief Minister was put behind bars. Deputy CM Sisodia and AAP Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Sanjay Singh are already behind bars in the same case. On March 15, the ED also arrested the daughter of Bharat Rashtra Samiti legislator and former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, K Kavitha in the case.
Source: Barandbench
